problem-solving SKILL.md skillA
problem-solving from nguyenthienthanh/aura-frog is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add nguyenthienthanh/aura-frog/problem-solving@git:20260610.9689a23Pins git:20260610.9689a23 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- nguyenthienthanh/aura-frog
- Path
aura-frog/skills/problem-solving/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260610.9689a23, committed Jun 10, 2026
- First version recorded
- Mar 25, 2026
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- 1,992 bytes
- Repository stars
- 25
- License
- MIT
5 techniques for different problem types. Use when stuck or facing complex challenges.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
> **AI-consumed reference.** Optimized for Claude to read during execution.
> Human-readable explanation: see [docs/architecture/HIERARCHICAL_PLANNING.md](../../../docs/architecture/HIERARCHICAL_PLANNING.md)
> or [docs/getting-started/](../../../docs/getting-started/) depending on topic.
# Problem Solving Techniques
Use when stuck, need breakthrough, or evaluating approaches.
## Decision Matrix
```toon
techniques[5]{symptom,technique,approach}:
"Tried everything / spiraling",Simplification Cascades,"Strip to minimal → rebuild one piece at a time → find breaking layer"
"Need creative idea",Collision-Zone Thinking,"Combine principles from unrelated domains into novel solution"
"Same issue keeps recurring",Meta-Pattern Recognition,"List all similar issues → find shared root → fix the pattern"
"Stuck in only-one-way thinking",Inversion Exercise,"State assumption → ask 'what if opposite?' → explore inverted approach"
"Will it scale?",Scale Game,"Test at 10x/100x/1000x → find breaking point → design for 10x actual need"
```
## Simplification Cascades (Most Used)
1. Remove ALL features except core
2. Make it work with hardcoded values
3. Add ONE thing back
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add nguyenthienthanh/aura-frog/problem-solving@sha256:e1e8b54457d367aaThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260610.9689a23, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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| git:20260610.9689a23 latest | 2026-06-10 | 9689a23 | 1,992 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260515.6be9f59 | 2026-05-15 | 6be9f59 | 2,006 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260428.3e00277 | 2026-04-28 | 3e00277 | 1,715 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260414.64964fd | 2026-04-14 | 64964fd | 1,693 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260325.da398da | 2026-03-25 | da398da | 3,772 B | A | view |
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Source
nguyenthienthanh/aura-frog · 25 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-01 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_zl2yte2bjpvn7o2f GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nguyenthienthanh/aura-frog/problem-solving GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/e1e8b54457d367aac73f415e4c1efce98d9e282272e91c134566be2e7d628422
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