AI Skills for Problem Discovery · Assumption Testing

Hidden Assumption Finder

Find user, business, product, technical, and market assumptions hidden inside a brief, feature idea, or stakeholder request.

Choose your AI tool

What tool do you use?

Pick your tool and follow the matching setup. The skill works as a pasteable Markdown prompt, and Claude users can also download a skill package.

Use it in ChatGPT

Download the Markdown skill file.
Open a new ChatGPT conversation.
Paste the full skill file first.
Add your project brief below it.
Ask: "Run this skill on my brief and keep facts separate from assumptions."

Example message

Use the Hidden Assumption Finder skill below.

[Paste the full Markdown skill file here]

Project brief:
The sales team wants us to add an AI recommendation widget to the dashboard because customers are not discovering relevant reports. They believe this will increase engagement and reduce support questions.

Download Markdown

Best when you want a quick, paste-and-run workflow.

Use it in Claude

For one-off use, download the Markdown file and paste it into Claude with your brief.
For reusable use, download the Claude skill package.
Unzip the package and add the skill folder to your Claude-compatible skills location if your setup supports custom skills.
Start a new chat and ask Claude to use "Hidden Assumption Finder" on your brief.

Example after installing the skill

/hidden-assumption-finder

Brief:
The sales team wants us to add an AI recommendation widget to the dashboard because customers are not discovering relevant reports. They believe this will increase engagement and reduce support questions.

Use the slash-style command if your Claude setup exposes installed skills that way. Otherwise, paste the Markdown skill and brief together.

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Use it in Gemini

Download the Markdown skill file.
Open Gemini and paste the full skill instructions.
Add your brief under a clear label such as "Project brief".
Ask Gemini to follow the output format exactly.
Review the assumptions carefully before sharing the output with stakeholders.

Example message

I want you to act as the Hidden Assumption Finder.
Follow the skill instructions I paste below and use the exact output format.

[Paste the Markdown skill file here]

Project brief:
The sales team wants us to add an AI recommendation widget to the dashboard because customers are not discovering relevant reports. They believe this will increase engagement and reduce support questions.

Download Markdown

Best when you want structured discovery output from pasted context.

Use it in Codex

Download the Markdown file into your project or notes folder.
Open a Codex task and reference the file.
Paste or attach your product brief.
Ask Codex to run the skill and produce a discovery-ready artifact.
Use the output to decide the next research or stakeholder conversation.

Example message

Use this file as the skill:
public/resources/ai-skills-for-problem-discovery/downloads/hidden-assumption-finder.md

Run it on this brief:
The sales team wants us to add an AI recommendation widget to the dashboard because customers are not discovering relevant reports. They believe this will increase engagement and reduce support questions.

Download Markdown

Best when the skill belongs alongside project files.

When to use it

Use this skill when a team is treating a brief, feature request, product idea, or stakeholder opinion as if it is already true.

What you need

Project brief, idea, feature request, or stakeholder statement.
Known users and business goals.
Any evidence currently available.
Constraints, risks, or areas of uncertainty.

What you get back

A plain-language summary of the request.
Known facts separated from assumptions.
Assumptions grouped by user, business, product, technical, and market context.
Evidence needed to validate each assumption.
Highest-risk assumptions to test first.