first-ask SKILL.md skillA
first-ask from github/awesome-copilot is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add github/awesome-copilot/first-ask@git:20260224.caab1f6Pins git:20260224.caab1f6 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- github/awesome-copilot
- Path
skills/first-ask/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260224.caab1f6, committed Feb 24, 2026
- Size
- 1,576 bytes
- Repository stars
- 40,941
- License
- MIT
Interactive, input-tool powered, task refinement workflow: interrogates scope, deliverables, constraints before carrying out the task; Requires the Joyride extension.
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
# 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. <refining> 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 </refining> 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. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add github/awesome-copilot/first-ask@sha256:cb38b8e48917ba6eThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260224.caab1f6, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_r3l7gywmq2xhilxl)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Feb 24, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (1576 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/awesome-copilot · 40,941 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-09 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_r3l7gywmq2xhilxl GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=github/awesome-copilot/first-ask GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/cb38b8e48917ba6e0480f4c2e6993fca24491603046f653ef244d3e8a915f1e1
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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