# rootBoard

> Turn meeting transcripts and messy context dumps into an editable map of root problems

- **Status** — Published skill
- **Category** — Claude Code / Codex skill
- **Tags** — Agent skill, Problem framing
- **Last reviewed** — 2026-09-08

## Contribution

Designed and built the multi-agent workflow, including lens selection, independent specialist analysis, synthesis, and an editable offline board

## Problem

### Better answers start with a better understanding of the problem

A transcript captures everything said and a context dump expresses what happened, but neither necessarily communicates the core problem clearly. rootBoard approaches this like a team of consultants would, applying different problem-solving frameworks to uncover its core drivers

> Specialist agents analyze the evidence through different frameworks, then validate and debate its core problems

## Approach

### Identify problems from various lenses

Classifier selects two to four lenses that best fit the source. Separate agents analyze the evidence in isolation, then a synthesizer compares what converges, what conflicts and where the evidence is still thin

## Workflow

**Turn raw context into an interactive problem map**

### 01 — Identify

Selects the best-fit frameworks, then dispatches specialist agents to pinpoint root causes

### 02 — Compare

Runs each lens independently, then preserves areas of convergence and useful disagreements

### 03 — Interact

Produces an editable HTML board that works without a server

## Roadmap

### Extend how rootBoard starts, remembers, and adapts

- **More ways to start** — Accept PDFs, documents and audio without requiring a separate conversion step

- **Persistent boards** — Save edits beyond the current browser session and make boards easier to revisit and share

- **Custom lenses** — Let people add their own problem-framing frameworks for specialized contexts

## Install
```sh
npx skills add https://github.com/kalkal87/rootboard --skill rootboard
```

## Media
- [Primary visual](https://alkal.me/media/playground/rootboard/board.jpg): A rootBoard whiteboard showing four independently identified problems from a team retrospective
- [Demo video](https://alkal.me/media/playground/rootboard/rootboard-demo.mp4): MP4 demonstration

## Links
- [Canonical case study](https://alkal.me/playground/rootboard)
- [GitHub repository](https://github.com/kalkal87/rootBoard)