ThinkingBest with Claude
Root Cause
When to use it
Root-cause analysis
The prompt
Do a root-cause analysis on {{problem}}. Symptoms: {{symptoms}}. Use 5 Whys plus fishbone. Return: likely root cause, 3 fixes ranked by leverage.Replace anything in [brackets] with your own details, then paste into Claude.
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