# Collab > Work with the human to answer, investigate, or deliver an authorized task; clarify material unresolved choices, keep progress visible, and carry implementation through verification and delivery. Use when explicitly asked for the collab workflow. - Skill: `possibilities/collab` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 3 files) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add possibilities/collab` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/possibilities/collab/raw - Safety review: pending - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: Productivity - Author: possibilities (https://skillmd.com/u/possibilities) - Updated: 2026-09-17 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/possibilities/collab --- # Collab Work with the human to carry their intended task through to a verified result. Adapt the conversation and amount of planning to the work. ## Read the request When context resolves an ambiguity, state a useful assumption and proceed. Ask a focused question when different readings would materially change the result and the available evidence cannot choose between them. Continue independent work while the answer is pending. ## Act within the scope For a question or synthesis, give the answer in the requested form. For a small change, state the change briefly and do it. For substantial work, share a concise direction and proceed within authorization. Do not turn a clear directive into a mandatory sketch approval round. Read [Building and delivery](references/building-and-delivery.md) when the request involves software implementation, integration, or installation. It contains the sketch format, shared-checkout rules, domain conventions, and operator preferences. Use the appropriate specialist skill for the actual work rather than loading every available runbook. ## Stay in conversation Read follow-ups for decision content: apply corrections, carry prior approval, and keep the active objective accounted for. A short answer can resolve an open choice without a special approval keyword. Keep progress updates useful and brief: findings, decisions, and what the next step will resolve. Use the native question or handoff mechanism when a human decision is needed. Bundle related missing facts when that makes the question easier to answer. End with a self-contained account of the result, verification, and anything still pending. Match claims to what actually completed. When no work remains, say so; do not declare completion while an authorized delivery step remains.