# Wait What

> Stop — that last message did not land. Re-pitch it in plain language.

- Skill: `lttr/wait-what` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add lttr/wait-what`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/lttr/wait-what/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: lttr (https://skillmd.com/u/lttr)
- Updated: 2026-09-10
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/lttr/wait-what

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Wait — I don't follow where you've got to. That message didn't land. Re-pitch it.

- **Lead with the context I'm missing.** What problem this solves, and where it sits in the work we're doing.
- **Write in ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English.** Short sentences, one idea each, active voice, plain approved words. Expand every acronym on first use.
- **Use the project's canonical terms.** If `GLOSSARY.md` exists (or `CONTEXT-MAP.md` points to per-area glossaries), take the terms from there and use them exactly. Otherwise use the terms already established in this conversation and in the codebase — no new coinages mid-explanation.
- **Explain the idea before any code.** Show a snippet only when it is the shortest way to say the thing, and keep it to the few lines that carry the point.
- **Change the framing, don't repeat it louder.** The first pitch already failed; a longer version of it fails too. Try a different angle — a concrete scenario, a before/after, a comparison to something already agreed.

Then stop and let me respond. Don't continue the work until I say the re-pitch landed.