Find the Root Cause with Five Whys
Ask why five times to get past the symptom and reach the real cause of a problem.
Prompt
Use the Five Whys technique to analyze [PROBLEM]. Ask "why?" five times in sequence, each answer feeding the next question, to reach the root cause. Then suggest a fix that addresses that root cause, not the symptom.
Fill in the brackets
[PROBLEM]The problem or symptom you're seeing.
How to use this prompt
- Describe the problem in the bracket.
- Follow the chain of whys to the root cause.
- Fix the root cause, then confirm the symptom goes away.
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