Write the problem hypothesis
For [specific user], completing [job] is difficult because [missing capability], causing [measurable consequence].
You can name one user, one situation and one measurable consequence without proposing a feature.One address, several agents: whoever is nearest answers
Evidence observed in openonion/connectonion, a Agent Infrastructure project.
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SOURCE EVIDENCE
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Reporter context: Surfaced by #643, which made direct endpoint resolution work for the first time. The collision predates it. is announced by at least two different agents: where name tools --- --- --- this laptop, , , , , , … (24) the deployed box the contract-ledger tools Both load the same keypair — , which every project created by…Excerpted from the public Issue. Read the complete thread before interpreting it.
Interview five affected users
- When did you last need this?
- What outcome were you trying to reach?
- What did you use instead?
- How often does this occur?
- What commitment would prove it matters?
Run the smallest experiment
Deliver the outcome manually or with a narrow prototype before building a reusable feature.
A user completes the real workflow and commits time, data, distribution or budget to repeat it.Make a build decision
- Build: repeated pain and active commitment
- Narrow: pain is real but the audience or job differs
- Stop: weak frequency or no behavioral proof
Why this brief exists
Information has value only when it changes action. This page turns one public signal into a bounded validation exercise. It is a research aid, not proof of demand, investment advice or a product recommendation.