Analyze prompts for explicit and implicit WHY before taking action.
npx skills add https://github.com/ilandahan/AID --skill why-driven-decision
Please help me install this Agent Skill. Skill: why-driven-decision Source: https://github.com/ilandahan/AID/tree/main/.claude/skills/why-driven-decision Command: npx skills add https://github.com/ilandahan/AID --skill why-driven-decision
This skill ensures every prompt is grounded in purpose by applying the Golden Circle (WHY -> HOW -> WHAT) before taking action, reducing misalignment and scope creep.
Begin by providing a prompt and asking for WHY-driven analysis before proceeding. For example: "Explain the core motivation for adding a user analytics feature and outline its WHY, HOW, and WHAT."
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WHY-driven decision-making applies the Golden Circle (WHY -> HOW -> WHAT) to product management, ensuring every prompt and feature is grounded in purpose before action. It makes prompt-level motivation visible to reduce stakeholder misalignment and scope creep.
To analyze motivation before development, run a WHY-driven prompt analysis to extract explicit and implicit motivations. Outline the feature's WHY, HOW, and WHAT to align stakeholders and minimize rework before design begins.
Yes, 5 Whys tracing is supported for engineering planning and design reviews. It maintains alignment across PM, Dev, and QA roles by documenting explicit rationale and embedding WHY-driven comments into design notes.
No external tooling is required to document rationale in design notes. WHY-driven analysis operates at the prompt level, embedding purpose directly into responses and comments to preserve decision reasoning without extra dependencies.
The best way to prevent scope creep during prompt analysis is to anchor outputs to purpose using the Golden Circle. Extracting explicit and implicit WHY motivations before taking action ensures decisions remain aligned with the original goal.
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