# Clarify Problems With a Thinking Partner

Complex decisions often feel unclear because many issues compete for attention. This skill uses structured dialogue to find the core problem, explore root causes, and create a practical next step.

## Install

```bash
npx skillstore add yunshu0909/thinking-partner
```

## Metadata

- Status: approved
- Slug: yunshu0909-thinking-partner
- Skillstore revision: r1
- Version status: missing
- Tree hash: 33cefc97aa8ab853aa8e4ed088b9e83e4349a18273bae1914d9ce17edd2c37cd
- Author: yunshu0909
- GitHub username: yunshu0909
- License: MIT
- Repository: https://github.com/yunshu0909/yunshu\_skillshub/tree/master/thinking-partner
- Ref: 64ca8af0f54a325752f08bd54e52151061ea659a
- Supported tools: Claude, Codex, Claude Code
- Audit status: complete
- Agent install advisory: allowed
- Manual install advisory: allowed
- Artifact signature: available
- Audit attestation: unavailable
- Human verification: not\_verified
- Risk factors: external\_commands
- Quality score: 78
- Quality tier: bronze
- Public page: https://skillstore.pages.dev/skills/yunshu0909-thinking-partner
- Manifest: https://skillstore.pages.dev/api/skills/yunshu0909-thinking-partner/manifest

## Capabilities

- Collects context before offering analysis.
- Helps separate the core problem from secondary issues.
- Challenges new information by weighing signal against noise.
- Guides root cause exploration with follow-up questions.
- Turns agreed solutions into focused action plans.

## Use Cases

- Clarify a Work Decision: Explore competing priorities, identify the real constraint, and leave with a clear next action.
- Unblock a Creator Project: Sort creative doubts, separate useful signals from noise, and choose the next focused move.
- Plan a Team Discussion: Frame the core issue before a meeting so discussion stays focused and actionable.

## Prompt Templates

### Start a Problem Review

```
I feel stuck on a decision. Ask me questions first, then help me identify the core problem before suggesting action.
```

### Sort Competing Issues

```
Here are several things going wrong: [list]. Help me group them, separate signal from noise, and choose the core issue.
```

### Challenge My Assumption

```
I think the main problem is [assumption]. Test this with me using evidence from my situation before we choose a direction.
```

### Build an Action Plan

```
We identified the root cause as [root cause]. Help me co-create one or two solutions and turn them into a focused plan.
```

## Limitations

- Requires the user to share enough context.
- Does not replace professional therapy, legal, medical, or financial advice.
- May be slower than direct answer skills because it follows staged dialogue.
- Source instructions are written in Chinese, so translation depends on the host model.

## Best Practices

- Share concrete context, including goals, constraints, and prior attempts.
- Confirm or challenge each stage before moving forward.
- Use the final plan as a short commitment, not a full project schedule.

## Anti Patterns

- Demanding instant advice before the context stage is complete.
- Treating every new detail as equally important.
- Using the skill for regulated professional advice without expert review.

## Security Audit

- Audited at: 2026-07-08T11:06:28.921\+00:00
- Summary: Both static findings were reviewed against SKILL.md. The external command alert is a Markdown code fence around a workflow diagram, and the entropy alert reflects readable Chinese Markdown content rather than obfuscation.

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