wait-what
Skill0 starsChanged 25 days agoMITView on GitHub
Repair a misunderstanding by restating the request in the project's vocabulary and checking the smallest disputed point.
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- Glenf/skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 15, 2026
- ArtisanXL/etsy-mcptheir own version, first seen Nov 15, 2026
- incredible404-rgb/zstacktheir own version, first seen Nov 15, 2026
- trajectonomics/skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 15, 2026
- pronvis/skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 15, 2026
- RSickenberg/programmatic-resumetheir own version, first seen Nov 15, 2026
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- mattpocock/skills★ 309ksame name
- QuivrHQ/quivr★ 40ksame name
- The-Vibe-Company/quivr★ 40ksame name
- ArcReel/ArcReel★ 6.3ksame name
- vinvcn/mattpocock-skills-zh-CN★ 5.5ksame name
- withcoral/coral★ 4.9ksame name
- bestofjs/bestofjs★ 3.1ksame name
- CelestoAI/SmolVM★ 1.2ksame name
- moeru-ai/xsai★ 667same name
- deadlock-mod-manager/deadlock-mod-manager★ 584same name
164 more not listed
How matches are found. Word for word: the exact same text. Edited: shares passages with this file (“99% same” means 99% of its five-word phrases also appear here; 10% or more counts). Their own version: similar meaning, or, weakest, the same name. We can’t tell which project had it first. Projects are counted among the 200 most-starred candidates, and mentions are links to the repository we found, up to 50 per site, so both counts are a floor.
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The file
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
5 rules. 0 are common, 5 are distinctive, and 0 are very specific to this project.
0
Common
Most of the 54 edited versions we read keep these.
5
Distinctive
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
0
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Distinctive: line 8
When a message does not land:
- Distinctive: line 10
Stop building on the disputed interpretation.
- Distinctive: line 13
Ask one small confirmation question.
- Distinctive: line 14
Update the work record and continue only after the meaning is stable.
- Distinctive: line 16
Do not hide a semantic mismatch behind a large implementation.
“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 54 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
Wait, What?
When a message does not land:
- Stop building on the disputed interpretation.
- Restate the request in plain language and current domain terms.
- Name the exact consequence of each interpretation.
- Ask one small confirmation question.
- Update the work record and continue only after the meaning is stable.
Do not hide a semantic mismatch behind a large implementation.
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