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Principle Never Block On The Human Agent Skill

by backnotprop

Apply when tempted to ask 'should I do X?' on reversible work.

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SKILL.md, read when the skill is used
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on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository 
npx skills add https://github.com/backnotprop/pstack --skill principle-never-block-on-the-human

The instruction itself

1 sections, as written by the author

Never Block on the Human

The human supervises asynchronously. Agents must stay unblocked. Make reasonable decisions, proceed, and let the human course-correct after the fact. Since code changes are reversible and reviewable, a wrong decision usually costs less than blocking.

  • Proceed, then present. Do the work, show the result. Don't ask "should I do X?" Do X, explain why.
  • Make the system self-healing. When you notice a problem, log it and fix it in the next round.
  • Irreversible actions (force-push, delete production data, send external messages) still require confirmation.
  • Reversible actions (write code, edit notes, split tasks) should proceed without blocking.
  • Product direction comes from the human. Execution should not block.

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take backnotprop/principle-never-block-on-the-human from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.