About sharpen
A task-framing skill that prompts consideration of expert methods, the user's underlying goal, and task scope before work begins. It then completes the task without returning a rewritten prompt.
Key features
- 01Consider expert methods and sources
- 02Clarify the underlying goal
- 03Assess task specificity
- 04Keep useful constraints and choices
- 05Include an outside check
Use cases
- 01Framing an underspecified task
- 02Avoiding unnecessary scope expansion
- 03Checking work against an external criterion
Install
Copy the command and run it in a terminal.
npx skills add https:/After installing, type/sharpenin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.
Details
From the project READMEBefore starting, ask how a top expert would approach this task (their raw sources, their real methods, an outside check that the result is right), what the user is really after, and whether the task is over- or underspecified. Loosen constraints that don't serve the goal as readily as you add ones that do, and leave choices that are the user's to make open instead of deciding them. Fold in only what makes the work better, not bigger, but always keep one outside check that the result is right, without narrating the framing, then do the work. Don't hand back a rewritten prompt.