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About ask-question

An IDE skill that guides agents to use the `AskQuestion` tool for questions with clear predefined options, reserving plain chat for answers that require free text. It emphasizes contextual choices, one topic per call, and waiting for a response.

Key features

  1. 01Route option-based questions to `AskQuestion`
  2. 02Reserve chat for free-text answers
  3. 03Derive choices from project context
  4. 04Keep each call focused on one topic
  5. 05Wait for a response before proceeding

Use cases

  1. 01Confirm whether to proceed or stop
  2. 02Choose between implementation approaches
  3. 03Select a value discovered in a codebase
  4. 04Collect a structured permission or profile choice

Install

Copy the command and run it in a terminal.

$npx skills add https://github.com/aircury/ai-framework --skill ask-question

After installing, type/ask-questionin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.

Details

From the project README

Ask Question (IDE)

Rule

When you need an answer from the user and the response can be expressed as one or more clear options, use the IDE AskQuestion tool. Do not ask that question in plain chat.

Plain chat is only for free-text answers that cannot be represented as options (for example an email address, a secret, or a custom name the user must type).

When to use AskQuestion

  • Choosing between approaches, environments, or profile layouts
  • Confirming yes / no or proceed / stop
  • Picking one value from a list you discovered in the codebase
  • Selecting from a small set of permission sets, account ids, or role names
  • Any question where you can offer meaningful predefined options

When plain chat is allowed

  • The answer must be typed free text and cannot be turned into options
  • You are reporting progress or explaining work, not collecting a structured choice

How to ask well

  1. One topic per call — do not combine unrelated decisions in one form unless they are tightly coupled.
  2. Derive options from context — prefer choices found in the project over generic placeholders.
  3. Include an escape hatch — when options may be incomplete, add something like None of these / I will provide details.
  4. Wait for the answer — do not assume or proceed until the user responds.

Anti-patterns

  • Asking "A or B?" in chat instead of AskQuestion
  • Listing numbered options in chat and asking the user to reply with a number
  • Skipping AskQuestion because the option list is short

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