Ask Questions | Agent Skills Atlas

About this skill

Use when about to call the askquestion (or equivalent) tool, or when considering whether to ask the user a question. Teaches a four-gate decision procedure: trigger, fit, construct, validate. Addresses under-trigger (LLM doesn't ask unless prompted), mis-appropriation (LLM uses the tool for open-ended questions), and prose fallback as a last resort. Load before any tool-mediated user clarification.

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ask-questions

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Use when about to call the `ask_question` (or equivalent) tool, or when considering whether to ask the user a question. Teaches a four-gate decision procedure: trigger, fit, construct, validate. Addresses under-trigger (LLM doesn't ask unless prompted), mis-appropriation (LLM uses the tool for open-ended questions), and prose fallback as a last resort. Load before any tool-mediated user clarification.

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Category: General
Reported license: MIT
Listing language (estimated): English
Review status: Not individually reviewed
Agent compatibility: Atlas installation supports Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Skill-specific dependencies and features are checked during setup.