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Finds the root cause of a bug, failure or recurring problem by asking "why" until the answer is a cause you can fix. Use when the user asks why something keeps happening, or wants the root cause rather than a quick fix.
Install
npx skills add wesammustafa/Claude-Code-Everything-You-Need-to-Know --skill five-whys -a claude-code
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