Ask Questions If Underspecified

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Part of:Trailofbits

Clarify ambiguous requirements by asking questions before implementing. Only when invoked explicitly.

1 Skill 0 MCPs

Purpose

To prevent costly mistakes by ensuring clear and unambiguous requirements are established before implementation begins.

Features

Asks clarifying questions
Pauses execution until answers are provided
Confirms requirements before starting work
Offers multiple-choice questions and defaults

Use Cases

Use when a request has multiple plausible interpretations.
Use when success criteria, scope, constraints, or environment details are unclear.
Use when starting implementation without clarification risks doing the wrong work.

Non-Goals

Asking questions that can be answered by a quick discovery read.
Asking open-ended questions when multiple-choice would suffice.
Proceeding with implementation without required answers, unless explicitly approved with stated assumptions.

Trust

info:Issues Attention13 issues opened and 4 closed in the last 90 days, indicating active maintenance but a closure rate below 50%.

Installation

First, add the marketplace

/plugin marketplace add trailofbits/skills

/plugin install ask-questions-if-underspecified@trailofbits

Contains 1 extensions

Skill (1)

Ask Questions If Underspecified Skill

Clarify requirements before implementing. Use when serious doubts arise.

Quality Score

Verified

97 /100

Analyzed about 11 hours ago

Trust Signals

Last commit3 days ago

GitHub owner trailofbits

Stars5.2k

LicenseCC-BY-SA-4.0

Status

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