Problem Framing Canvas

Guide teams through MITRE's Problem Framing Canvas. Use when you need a clearer problem statement before jumping to solutions.

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Install

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more)
npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill problem-framing-canvas
Manual install
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills.git /tmp/Product-Manager-Skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/Product-Manager-Skills/skills/problem-framing-canvas ~/.claude/skills/problem-framing-canvas

Personal skills live in ~/.claude/skills. Use .claude/skills in a project folder to share a skill with your team.

From the SKILL.md

## Purpose
Guide product managers through the MITRE Problem Framing Canvas process by asking structured questions across three phases: Look Inward (examine your own assumptions and biases), Look Outward (understand who experiences the problem and who doesn't), and Reframe (synthesize insights into an actionable problem statement and "How Might We" question). Use this to ensure you're solving the right problem before jumping to solutions—avoiding confirmation bias, overlooked stakeholders, and solution-first thinking.

This is not a solution brainstorm—it's a problem framing tool that broadens perspective, challenges assumptions, and produces a clear, equity-driven problem statement.

## Input

**Works best with:** The problem area — however roughly you currently understand it.
**Also useful:** Who you believe experiences it, evidence so far, and the solution everyone is already anchored on (naming it helps the canvas de-bias it).

Anything supplied with the invocation itself — text after the skill name, a pasted context dump, or an appended `ARGUMENTS:` line — counts as answers already given. Use it and skip whatever it covers; don't re-ask.

**Arriving empty-handed? That works too.** The skill opens with the Look Inward phase: what do you assume about this problem?

**Example invocation:** `Frame this problem: field sales reps 'don't use the CRM' and leadership wants gamification.`

## Key Concepts

### What is the MITRE Problem Framing Canvas?
Read the full skill on GitHub

Details

Skill name
problem-framing-canvas
Path
skills/problem-framing-canvas/SKILL.md
Repo updated
16 October 2026

FAQ

What does the Problem Framing Canvas skill do?

Guide teams through MITRE's Problem Framing Canvas. Use when you need a clearer problem statement before jumping to solutions.

How do I install the Problem Framing Canvas skill?

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more): npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill problem-framing-canvas. Skills go in ~/.claude/skills (personal) or .claude/skills (project), and Claude loads them automatically when a task matches the description.

Is Problem Framing Canvas popular?

It lives in deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills, which has 7,800 GitHub stars and 940 forks, and is included in 3 curated skill lists.

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