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Ask by damilola-elegbede-org — Agent Skill

Name: Ask
Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Author: damilola-elegbede-org

Ask

Pose a decision to D through the AskUserQuestion dialog instead of plain text. Use whenever D says "ask me", "get my input", "check with me", "which should we", or any time a decision needs D's answer before work continues — even if D doesn't say "ask" explicitly. One clear question, 2-4 options, exactly one recommendation.

File contents

/ask

Usage

/ask <decision to put to D>

Also triggers without the slash: "ask me…", "get my input on…", "check with me before…", or any moment a decision is D's to make and plain-text questions would go unanswered.

Description

The question primitive. D answers decisions through the AskUserQuestion dialog, not prose — the dialog takes focus immediately, so anything load-bearing that sits in prose above it goes unread. This skill defines the one question format every D-facing ask uses; /interview and /process-linear both build on it.

Exception: process-linear's decision table

/process-linear renders its D-decisions as a two-tier table instead of one dialog per decision — a table row IS the ask, satisfying "every question to D through AskUserQuestion." The dialog still fires on drill-in: D asks for more on a row, a decision needs structured options or an artifact preview, or a D1/D2 cohort needs its per-cohort irreversibility confirm (see that skill's step 7 for the exact triggers — a fired dialog still follows this skill's format). This is the only sanctioned substitute for the dialog; no other skill swaps it for prose.

Expected Output

User: ask me which auth approach to use
Claude: (AskUserQuestion dialog)
        Ask: Which auth approach for the API?
        [JWT (Recommended) — matches the existing session model]
        [OAuth2] [API keys]
User: (picks JWT)
Claude: Going with JWT — wiring it into the middleware now.

Behavior

One decision per question

Ask exactly one thing. A dialog may carry up to 4 questions only when they are tightly-related facets of the same decision — unrelated decisions never share a dialog. Use multiSelect when the choices are not mutually exclusive.

Question format

All decision-relevant context lives inside the dialog. The scaffold is context-adaptive:

Warm (the subject is already live in this conversation): just the ask.
```
Ask: Which naming scheme for the new module?
```

Cold (the subject arrives fresh — a ticket, an alert, a new topic): full scaffold, each part 1-2 short lines, never a run-on paragraph of inlined figures and IDs:

<headline — what this is about, verbatim title if it has one>

Context: <what this is, in plain words — no digging required>
Latest: <the most recent material update, dated>
Why it matters: <consequence of this decision>

Ask: <exactly ONE clear question>

Options

2-4 concrete options; tag exactly one "(Recommended)" with a one-line rationale in its description. The recommendation comes from judgment of the conversation — never present a bare menu with no lean.
Option preview panes carry artifacts only — exact message copy, a diff summary, the dollar math a choice would enact. A preview that re-narrates context D already has is noise.
Don't spend option slots on "skip"/"other" — the dialog always lets D type a custom answer.

After the answer

Act on it. If the answer changes something recorded elsewhere (a ticket, a doc), write the decision where it belongs before moving on.

Notes

/interview is the looped form of this skill — rounds of /ask-format questions until zero doubts remain.
If D's answer challenges the premise of the question, treat that as the real answer — don't re-ask.

---name: askdescription: Pose a decision to D through the AskUserQuestion dialog instead of plain text. Use whenever D says "ask me", "get my input", "check with me", "which should we", or any time a decision needs D's answer before work continues — even if D doesn't say "ask" explicitly. One clear question, 2-4 options, exactly one recommendation.---# /ask## Usage```bash/ask <decision to put to D>```Also triggers without the slash: "ask me…", "get my input on…", "check with me before…", or any moment adecision is D's to make and plain-text questions would go unanswered.## DescriptionThe question primitive. D answers decisions through the `AskUserQuestion` dialog, not prose — the dialog takesfocus immediately, so anything load-bearing that sits in prose above it goes unread. This skill defines the onequestion format every D-facing ask uses; `/interview` and `/process-linear` both build on it.### Exception: process-linear's decision table`/process-linear` renders its D-decisions as a two-tier table instead of one dialog per decision — a table row ISthe ask, satisfying "every question to D through `AskUserQuestion`." The dialog still fires on drill-in: D asks formore on a row, a decision needs structured options or an artifact preview, or a D1/D2 cohort needs its per-cohortirreversibility confirm (see that skill's step 7 for the exact triggers — a fired dialog still follows this skill'sformat). This is the only sanctioned substitute for the dialog; no other skill swaps it for prose.## Expected Output```textUser: ask me which auth approach to useClaude: (AskUserQuestion dialog) Ask: Which auth approach for the API? [JWT (Recommended) — matches the existing session model] [OAuth2] [API keys]User: (picks JWT)Claude: Going with JWT — wiring it into the middleware now.```## Behavior### One decision per questionAsk exactly one thing. A dialog may carry up to 4 questions only when they are tightly-related facets of thesame decision — unrelated decisions never share a dialog. Use `multiSelect` when the choices are not mutuallyexclusive.### Question formatAll decision-relevant context lives inside the dialog. The scaffold is **context-adaptive**:- **Warm** (the subject is already live in this conversation): just the ask. ```text Ask: Which naming scheme for the new module? ```- **Cold** (the subject arrives fresh — a ticket, an alert, a new topic): full scaffold, each part 1-2 short lines, never a run-on paragraph of inlined figures and IDs: ```text <headline — what this is about, verbatim title if it has one> Context: <what this is, in plain words — no digging required> Latest: <the most recent material update, dated> Why it matters: <consequence of this decision> Ask: <exactly ONE clear question> ```### Options- 2-4 concrete options; tag exactly one **"(Recommended)"** with a one-line rationale in its description. The recommendation comes from judgment of the conversation — never present a bare menu with no lean.- Option `preview` panes carry **artifacts only** — exact message copy, a diff summary, the dollar math a choice would enact. A preview that re-narrates context D already has is noise.- Don't spend option slots on "skip"/"other" — the dialog always lets D type a custom answer.### After the answerAct on it. If the answer changes something recorded elsewhere (a ticket, a doc), write the decision where itbelongs before moving on.## Notes- `/interview` is the looped form of this skill — rounds of `/ask`-format questions until zero doubts remain.- If D's answer challenges the premise of the question, treat that as the real answer — don't re-ask.

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