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thinking-five-whys-plus
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When a fault is localized and the proximate cause is known but the systemic root is not, chain evidence-linked whys with a counterfactual stop and a countermeasure.
Why this score
This repo hosts 10 skills, so its 1,656 stars are split between them (about 166 each) for scoring.
Popularity score: 67/100 from public GitHub signals only. It shows how widely used and maintained this is, not how well it works. Not included yet: the fake-star check. The security scan is shown separately and doesn't change the score. How we rank
Security
Scanned Oct 20, 2026 at commit 7b8fece345df, with Cisco's open-source skill-scanner.
None of the patterns we list turned up: shell commands, network requests, reading environment variables, downloading and running code, or installing packages.
A scan lists patterns in the code. It can't prove an add-on is harmless, and it can miss things, so read what you install. How we scan
Alternatives
Other makers' add-ons that do the same job, next to this one.
| Name | Score | Stars | Context | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This onethinking-five-whys-plus tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills · Skill | 67 | ★ 1.7k | ≈47 always | 3mo ago |
| design-thinking tronghieu/agent-skills · Skill Both about thinking | 60 | ★ 84 | ≈22 always | 17d ago |
| gemini-thinking-protocol kennyzir/7deer_skills · Skill Both about thinking | 61 | ★ 326 | ≈28 always | 1mo ago |
| thinking-out-loud Shubhamsaboo/awesome-llm-apps · Skill Both about thinking | 93 | ★ 142k | ≈24 always | 17d ago |
| Leghis-smart-thinking Leghis/Smart-Thinking · MCP server Both about thinking | 74 | ★ 33 | not measured | 2mo ago |
| first-principles-thinking mindfold-ai/Trellis · Skill Both about thinking | 75 | ★ 15k | ≈27 always | 1mo ago |