What problem does it solve? Scientists often spend days choosing a research problem and years solving it, leading to poorly selected projects, unmanaged risks, and stalled work. This Skill provides a structured conversational framework based on Fischbach & Walsh's problem choice methodology (Cell, 2024) to help researchers pick better problems, evaluate risks, and navigate project crises. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Three Entry Points: Pitch a new project idea, troubleshoot a stuck project, or ask a strategic research question, each with tailored prompts and workflows. - Nine Modular Skills: Covers intuition pumps for ideation, risk assessment with assumption scoring, optimization function selection, parameter fixation strategy, decision tree navigation, adversity planning, problem inversion, integration, and meta-workflow orchestration. - Concrete Deliverables: Each module produces tangible 1-2 page documents such as a Problem Ideation Document, Risk Assessment Matrix, or Decision Tree Map. - Use Case: A graduate student unsure whether their thesis project is viable works through the risk assessment module to score assumptions on a 1-5 scale, identify late high-risk assumptions, and design early go/no-go experiments before committing years of work. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to help you evaluate a research idea by describing your project in one or two sentences and requesting a risk and impact assessment.
