Skip to main content
Run any Skill in Manus
with one click

five-whys

Stars11
Forks2
UpdatedMay 25, 2026 at 07:55

Use for incident/bug root-cause analysis, postmortem, recurring-problem diagnosis, or process improvement. Triggers on Chinese phrases 复盘 / 根因 / postmortem / 又坏了 / 老是 / 重复出现 / 这不是第一次 / 为啥总是 / RCA, and English signals "this keeps happening", "RCA", "post-mortem", "incident review". Ask "why?" 3-7 times (5 is average not rule) until hit a process/system/design root that can be changed — not the symptom. Do NOT use for one-off random events (could be noise — observe first), Cynefin Complex-domain problems (5 Whys assumes linear causality, complex systems have multi-cause emergence), teams in blame-mode (Why will become 因为 X 不靠谱 chain), or truly unknowable causes (ML model outputs — use statistics not 5 Whys).

Installation

Install with Codex or Claude Copy this prompt, paste it into Codex, Claude, or another assistant, and let it review the skill page and install it for you.

SKILL.md
readonly