ask-user SKILL.md skillA

ask-user from collectiveai-team/botica is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add collectiveai-team/botica/ask-user@git:20261020.43b8a7e

Pins git:20261020.43b8a7e in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
collectiveai-team/botica
Path
skills/productivity/ask-user/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
git:20261020.43b8a7e, committed Oct 20, 2026
First version recorded
Oct 9, 2026
Size
5,386 bytes
Repository stars
9
License
a license file GitHub does not identify

Ask which installed skill or workflow fits the user's situation.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Ask User

Route the user's situation to the smallest suitable workflow. Explain the recommendation briefly, then ask whether they want to invoke it. Do not invoke another user-invoked skill without confirmation.

Before stating what a skill does or recommending a step be skipped, read that skill's `SKILL.md`: the summaries here are for orientation only.

## Main Flow

For an idea that needs to ship:

1. Use `/grill-with-docs` to sharpen an idea in a codebase while updating `GLOSSARY.md` and ADRs. Use `/grill-me` when there is no codebase or durable project documentation is not wanted.
2. If a design question needs a runnable answer, use `/handoff` to branch into a fresh `/prototype` session, then `/handoff` the findings back.
3. For work that fits one session, use `/implement` directly. For multi-session work, use `/to-spec`, then `/to-tickets`, and start a fresh `/implement` session for each unblocked ticket. Use `/implement-spec` instead when the whole ticket graph should run in parallel worktrees and land on one integration branch.
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Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add collectiveai-team/botica/ask-user@sha256:de50b577d253f339

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261020.43b8a7e, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

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Versions

The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Oct 9, 2026 and Oct 20, 2026, about one every 3 days.

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git:20261018.ca616202026-10-18 ca61620 5,681 BA view · diff
git:20261018.e05a5c32026-10-18 e05a5c3 5,537 BA view · diff
git:20261009.72cab192026-10-09 72cab19 5,732 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (5386 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

collectiveai-team/botica · 9 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-11-03 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_cwxb72mr4grqtzmo
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=collectiveai-team/botica/ask-user
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/de50b577d253f339b1596290a2c68e35a16827251077ffe49678cb7d239e549b

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.

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