{
 "schema_version": 1,
 "generated": "2026-10-23",
 "id": "ordinary-s-falsify-the-problem--separate-forgetting-from-missing-value",
 "repo": "ordinary-s/falsify-the-problem",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/ordinary-s/falsify-the-problem",
 "repo_slug": "ordinary-s-falsify-the-problem",
 "title": "Find out why users stop returning before building reminders",
 "page_title": "How to find out why users stop returning before building reminders with Falsify the Problem",
 "summary": "Test whether users forgot the product or never got value from it.",
 "who": "A product manager whose team sees low retention and wants to add push notifications right away.",
 "problem": "Low retention can come from forgetting or from never experiencing value, and each needs a different fix.",
 "outcome": "A tested framing of the retention problem and one cheap observation that separates the two explanations.",
 "steps": [
  "Open a terminal in the root of your project.",
  "`mkdir -p .agents/skills`",
  "`git clone https://github.com/ordinary-s/falsify-the-problem.git .agents/skills/falsify-the-problem`",
  "In your agent, invoke the Falsify the Problem skill by name.",
  "Describe the retention problem and the proposed push notifications, then ask for the cheapest observation that would tell the two explanations apart."
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Use the falsify-the-problem skill on this retention problem: <the retention data and the proposed push notifications>. Identify the current framing and materially different alternatives, then name one primary discriminating test. Verify that the output lists which observations are facts and which are assumptions.",
 "agents": [
  "any"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "15 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The skill relies on the evidence you provide or that the host agent can access, and it does not measure retention itself.",
 "category": "Work and operations",
 "tags": [
  "Work and operations"
 ],
 "lang": "",
 "requirements": [
  "Git installed on your machine",
  "A terminal for the install commands, separate from the agent prompt",
  "A host agent that supports Agent Skills or reusable Markdown instructions, such as Codex"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.9,
 "evidence": [],
 "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/ordinary-s-falsify-the-problem/separate-forgetting-from-missing-value/",
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