ask-me
Skill1 starsChanged 5 months agoMITView on GitHub
Invoke when details are missing, requirements are vague, or a decision is needed. Ask the user — don't guess.
15 other projects use a version of this.
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- allemaar/open-skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- catesandrew/skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 1, 2026
- TanKaizokuO/claude-skillstheir own version, first seen Oct 20, 2026
- grinbuddy/claude-skillstheir own version, first seen Oct 17, 2026
- master-g/skillstheir own version, first seen Oct 13, 2026
- nhhthong/skillstheir own version, first seen Oct 13, 2026
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MicrosoftSkillhandoff
Compact the current conversation into a handoff document for another agent to pick up.
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- allemaar/open-skills★ 15same name
- ivklgn/ai-kit★ 12same name
- ivklgn/bag-of-skills★ 12same name
- cassianodiniz/cass★ 4same name
- cassianodiniz/Titan★ 4same name
- Chrisamansood/chris-ai-productivity★ 2same name
- catesandrew/skills★ 1same name
- DanaResearchGroup/agent-skills★ 1same name
- himadajin/skills★ 1same name
- nhhthong/skills★ 1same name
5 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
6 rules. 0 are common, 6 are distinctive, and 0 are very specific to this project.
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Common
Most of the 11 edited versions we read keep these.
6
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
Stop and ask the user instead of assuming.
- Distinctive: line 12
Ask questions until you have a clear picture or goal — don't start building until you do.
- Distinctive: line 13
Ask one focused question at a time.
- Distinctive: line 14
When there are concrete options, present them.
- Distinctive: line 15
If the user's answer raises new ambiguity, follow up — don't silently fill in the gaps.
- Distinctive: line 16
Never fabricate values for things you don't know (paths, keys, names, preferences).
“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 11 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
Ask Me
Stop and ask the user instead of assuming. One good question beats a wrong implementation.
Instructions
- Ask questions until you have a clear picture or goal — don't start building until you do.
- Ask one focused question at a time. Avoid walls of questions.
- When there are concrete options, present them. When it's open-ended, ask plainly.
- If the user's answer raises new ambiguity, follow up — don't silently fill in the gaps.
- Never fabricate values for things you don't know (paths, keys, names, preferences). Ask.
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