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How to test a proposed fix before anyone builds it with Falsify the Problem

Check whether a requested fix, such as a cache, targets the real cause of a problem.

Who it is forAn engineer whose team has proposed a specific fix, such as adding Redis, after an API slowdown, and who wants to check the framing first.

The problemA solution is often proposed before the problem has been tested, so the team may optimize the wrong thing.

The outcomeA verdict (KEEP, WEAKEN, KILL, REFORMULATE, or INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE) with a clear handoff status before solution design starts.

What you need first

  • 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

Steps

  1. Open a terminal in the root of your project.
  2. mkdir -p .agents/skills
  3. git clone https://github.com/ordinary-s/falsify-the-problem.git .agents/skills/falsify-the-problem
  4. In the Codex prompt, type $ and select Falsify the Problem, or use /skills. If it does not appear, restart Codex.
  5. Paste the latency problem and the proposed fix into the prompt and ask for a verdict before any solutioning.

Prompt for your agent

Use the falsify-the-problem skill in this repo on this problem: <the latency problem and the proposed fix>. Inspect the locally available evidence, separate observations from assumptions, and return one verdict with its handoff status. Verify that no implementation has started before the verdict is given.

Caveat. The README's examples are illustrative scenarios, not measured results, and macOS and Linux installation has not been verified in the documentation.

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