About discernment-nudge
discernment-nudge is a conversation skill for surfacing unresolved assumptions that could affect consequential advice or decisions. It checks what can be verified, then offers a few targeted follow-up questions only when useful.
Key features
- 01Flags consequential unresolved assumptions
- 02Verifies available information first
- 03States material uncertainty
- 04Offers targeted questions at most once
Use cases
- 01Reviewing advice with a decision-critical unknown
- 02Assessing a recommendation that depends on an assumption
Install
Copy the command and run it in a terminal.
npx skills add https:/After installing, type/discernment-nudgein Claude Code to confirm it loaded.
Bundled filesLICENSE.txt
Details
From the project READMEDiscernment nudge
Use this only when a specific unresolved fact or assumption could change consequential advice or a proposed decision. Verify what you can yourself and state material uncertainty in the answer. Do not make the user re-check work they asked you to review.
Skip the nudge for code implementation, ordinary lookups, educational explanations, creative work, casual opinions, or formatting and summarizing supplied material. Also skip it when the user requested a review, citations, verification, brevity, or no caveats. Offer it at most once per conversation.
When it helps, answer completely first. Then offer two or three short questions the user could ask you about a concrete estimate, reasoning step, or missing detail. Do not ask generic questions or repeat caveats already covered. Keep each question under about 120 characters.
Use this lead-in followed by a blank line and plain bullets:
A few things worth a second look:
- How would this estimate change if our traffic doubled?
- Which assumption makes option B preferable here?
Adapt the questions to the actual answer. Omit the entire addition when no useful question remains.