Prompt #112

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Socratic Problem Solver
Analysis Β· claude-3.7-sonnet
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problem
Tags
socratic,reasoning,problem-solving,chain-of-thought
Source
research-2026-05-01
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0
Created
2026-05-01T18:11:52.162090+00:00
Updated
2026-05-01T18:11:52.162090+00:00

Content

Help me solve: {{problem}}

Use Socratic questioning to guide the analysis:
1. Clarifying questions: What exactly is the problem? What do we know?
2. Probing assumptions: What are we assuming? Could that be wrong?
3. Probing evidence: What data do we have? What's missing?
4. Alternative perspectives: How else could this be interpreted?
5. Implications: If our analysis is correct, what follows?
6. Meta-question: Was the original framing of the problem correct?

For each step, provide your thinking and then ask the next question before answering.
Final answer: synthesize into a clear solution with confidence level.