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Root cause finding with five questions v1.0.0

Use this resource to find the root cause of a problem through guided questioning

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Install with the CLI

In a terminal, from the folder you want:

npx --yes palatekit@latest install root-cause-socratic-questioning

First time: connect the CLI with

npx --yes palatekit@latest login

The prompt turns the assistant into a questioner: it analyzes the context, flags shaky assumptions, then asks five questions on the trigger, the process, the structure, the founding assumption and the missing principle. You get a short analysis followed by questions you answer yourself.

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Updated November 2, 2026

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Works in
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Licence
CC0-1.0

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What you get

  • The full prompt, ready to paste
  • A description of your problem, sent after the prompt
  • Five questions across technical, process, behavioral, structural and cultural angles

Good fit for

  • A recurring problem in a team, such as missed deadlines
  • A bug whose cause seems obvious but stays unclear

Not for

    Tags

    • root cause
    • five whys
    • questioning

    About

    You say

    “My team misses its delivery deadlines almost every month.”

    Card for the “Root cause finding with five questions” prompt

    Prompt published by mathanhcong1992@gmail.com under the CC0-1.0 license, delivered in its original version.

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    How to use it

    1. Paste the prompt into your assistant or agent
    2. Ask it to find the root cause of a problem through guided questioning
    3. Review and adjust the result

    Content preview

    Files

    • LICENSE0.6 KB
    • NOTICE-PALATEKIT.md0.5 KB
    • root-cause-socratic-questioning.md4.2 KB

    Origin and licence

    Listed unmodified

    Author
    mathanhcong1992@gmail.com
    Source
    github.com/f/prompts.chat/blob/cecef6fc73c2c389770695a56252d331981727de/prompts.csv
    Licence
    CC0-1.0

    Notice

    « Root Cause Architect (5 Whys Technique) » (mathanhcong1992@gmail.com, CC0-1.0) livré dans sa version d'origine : fiche en français et en anglais par PalateKit.

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