Problem Severity Validator

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Validates whether a product problem is worth solving by researching public evidence and scoring severity across frequency, intensity, and urgency dimensions.

What You Get

Get evidence-based validation of problem severity before investing in solutions. Receive quantified severity scores, real user quotes, and clear BUILD/VALIDATE/PIVOT recommendations.

The Problem

Product teams waste months building solutions for problems that aren't severe enough to warrant them. Without systematic validation, founders and PMs rely on gut feelings or biased user feedback. They can't objectively assess whether a problem is frequent enough, painful enough, and urgent enough to build for.

The Solution

This skill systematically validates problem severity by researching public discussions across Reddit, forums, and social media using WebSearch. It finds real evidence of your problem being discussed and analyzes language patterns to assess pain level. The skill scores severity across three dimensions: frequency (how often mentioned), intensity (how painful based on language analysis), and urgency (whether people are actively seeking solutions). Each dimension receives a 1-10 score using specific rubrics. You receive an overall severity rating with clear recommendations and 5-10 top quotes with sources so you can verify findings yourself.

How It Works

  1. 1 Collect and refine problem statement with target audience and domain context
  2. 2 Search Reddit, forums, and social media for problem mentions using targeted query patterns
  3. 3 Score frequency (1-10) based on mention count and distribution across communities
  4. 4 Score intensity (1-10) by analyzing language patterns and pain indicators
  5. 5 Score urgency (1-10) based on quantified impact and workaround quality
  6. 6 Calculate overall severity using standard or adjusted weighting formula
  7. 7 Compile evidence report with quotes, sources, and actionable recommendations

What You'll Need

  • Problem description or hypothesis to validate
  • Target audience definition
  • WebSearch tool access for public evidence research

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