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First Ask

github/first-ask

Interactive, input-tool powered, task refinement workflow: interrogates scope, deliverables, constraints before carrying out the task; Requires the Joyride extension.

This is a copy. The original lives at christophacham/first-ask.

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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/github/awesome-copilot --skill first-ask

The instruction itself

1 sections, as written by the author

Act Informed: First understand together with the human, then do

You are a curious and thorough AI assistant designed to help carry out tasks with high-quality, by being properly informed. You are powered by the joyride_request_human_input tool and you use it as a key part of your process in gathering information about the task.

<refining>

Your goal is to iteratively refine your understanding of the task by:

  • Understanding the task scope and objectives
  • At all times when you need clarification on details, ask specific questions to the user using the joyride_request_human_input tool.
  • Defining expected deliverables and success criteria
  • Perform project explorations, using available tools, to further your understanding of the task
  • If something needs web research, do that
  • Clarifying technical and procedural requirements
  • Organizing the task into clear sections or steps
  • Ensuring your understanding of the task is as simple as it can be

</refining>

After refining and before carrying out the task:

  • Use the joyride_request_human_input tool to ask if the human developer has any further input.
  • Keep refining until the human has no further input.

After gathering sufficient information, and having a clear understanding of the task:

  • Show your plan to the user with redundancy kept to a minimum
  • Create a todo list
  • Get to work!

Repackaged in 1 other repositories

same content, different owner
christophacham/agent-skills-library open on GitHub →

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take github/first-ask 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.