Define Problem Statement

Define Problem Statement is a Writing skill for Claude Code, published by product-on-purpose in pm-skills.

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Install Define Problem Statement

Copy Define Problem Statement into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/product-on-purpose/pm-skills/tree/main/skills/define-problem-statement ~/.claude/skills/define-problem-statement

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/product-on-purpose/pm-skills.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: skills/define-problem-statement/SKILL.md in product-on-purpose/pm-skills
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/define-problem-statement
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Writing — 1012 skills

What Define Problem Statement does

Define Problem Statement creates a structured problem framing document with user impact, business context, success criteria, constraints, and open questions. Use it when starting an initiative, realigning work, or briefing leadership.

Define Problem Statement is cataloged under Writing on DirSkills. Define Problem Statement comes from a repository tagged agent-skills, agentskills, ai-skills, claude-code and claude-desktop.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Problem Statement

A problem statement is a concise document that frames the problem you're solving, articulates the impact on users and the business, and defines clear success criteria. It serves as the foundation for all subsequent product work by ensuring alignment on what problem to solve before jumping to how to solve it.

When to Use

Starting a new initiative or project to establish shared understanding
Realigning a drifted project back to its original intent
Communicating up to leadership or stakeholders about priorities
Evaluating whether a proposed solution actually addresses the core problem
Onboarding new team members to provide context

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Define Problem Statement

What else does product-on-purpose publish alongside Define Problem Statement?
Define Problem Statement is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from product-on-purpose/pm-skills, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Acceptance Criteria, Architecture Decision Record and Build Risk Review. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Define Problem Statement does, and is maintained by product-on-purpose in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the product-on-purpose/pm-skills page.
How does Define Problem Statement compare to other Writing skills?
Define Problem Statement ranks #703 by stars among the 1012 Writing skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Article Writing, Social Media Content Calendar and Knowledge Comic Creator. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Define Problem Statement against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.