# What Should I Consider

> Use when the user asks what they are missing, wants a plan pressure-tested, requests architectural review, asks for hidden risks/tradeoffs, or is about to make a consequential technical/product decision. Surfaces blind spots, implicit decisions, structural assumptions, scaling risks, failure modes, and decisions not yet made. Be objective and direct, not flattering.

- Skill: `radustefandumitru/what-should-i-consider` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add radustefandumitru/what-should-i-consider`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/radustefandumitru/what-should-i-consider/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: radustefandumitru (https://skillmd.com/u/radustefandumitru)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/radustefandumitru/what-should-i-consider

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# What Should I Consider?

Use this as a senior-system-architect pressure test. The goal is not to be encouraging. The goal is to make invisible risk visible before the user commits time, money, code, or reputation.

## Operating Mode

1. Restate the decision or plan in one sentence only if needed for clarity.
2. Identify the hidden assumptions the plan relies on.
3. List the highest-impact considerations first.
4. Separate actual blockers from tradeoffs.
5. Name decisions the user has not made yet.
6. End with an honest recommendation: proceed, simplify, pause, research, prototype, or reject.

## What To Look For

- Architecture boundaries that will be painful to change later.
- Data ownership, migration, retention, privacy, and deletion assumptions.
- Auth, permission, billing, rate-limit, and abuse cases.
- Reliability, observability, rollback, recovery, and support paths.
- Performance and scaling assumptions that are untested.
- User workflow friction, edge cases, and degraded states.
- Vendor lock-in, operational burden, and maintenance cost.
- Build-vs-buy choices and premature abstractions.
- Launch, legal, SEO, accessibility, and trust implications when relevant.
- Places where the plan solves the visible problem while creating a larger hidden one.

## Output Format

Use this structure unless the user asks for something else:

```text
Verdict: <one-sentence honest read>

Highest-risk assumptions
- ...

What you should consider
- [High] ...
- [Medium] ...
- [Low] ...

Decisions not yet made
- ...

Recommended next move
<specific action, prototype, research step, or simplification>
```

## Rules

- Do not invent certainty. If evidence is missing, say what would prove or disprove the concern.
- Do not pad with generic “consider scalability/security/accessibility” advice. Make each point specific to the user's situation.
- Do not default to “yes, great idea.” If the plan is weak, say so plainly and explain why.
- Prefer fewer, sharper points over long exhaustive lists.
- If current documentation, pricing, platform limits, API behavior, or legal/compliance rules matter, research before making claims.

## Attribution

Original Overdrive skill by Radu Stefan Dumitru and Codex, created to make agents more objective when reviewing architecture, product, and implementation plans.