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first-ask

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About first-ask

first-ask is an AI assistant skill for clarifying task goals, requirements, and deliverables with a human before acting. It emphasizes iterative questions and checking for further input before planning and execution.

Key features

  1. 01Iterative task clarification
  2. 02Questions through joyride_request_human_input
  3. 03Defines deliverables and success criteria
  4. 04Explores projects and researches as needed
  5. 05Creates a plan and todo list

Use cases

  1. 01Clarifying an underspecified task before implementation
  2. 02Agreeing on success criteria and deliverables
  3. 03Breaking a well-defined task into steps

Install

Copy the command and run it in a terminal.

$npx skills add https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot --skill first-ask

After installing, type/first-askin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.

Details

From the project README

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.

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

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:

  1. Show your plan to the user with redundancy kept to a minimum
  2. Create a todo list
  3. Get to work!

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