ask-questions-if-underspecified SKILL.md skillA
ask-questions-if-underspecified from ghosteken/agent-harness is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add ghosteken/agent-harness/ask-questions-if-underspecified@git:20260721.efafd9cPins git:20260721.efafd9c in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- ghosteken/agent-harness
- Path
archive/skills-community/ask-questions-if-underspecified/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260721.efafd9c, committed Jul 21, 2026
- Size
- 4,337 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4
- License
- MIT
Clarify requirements before implementing. Use when serious doubts arise.
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 Questions If Underspecified ## When to Use Use this skill when a request has multiple plausible interpretations or key details (objective, scope, constraints, environment, or safety) are unclear. ## When NOT to Use Do not use this skill when the request is already clear, or when a quick, low-risk discovery read can answer the missing details. ## Goal Ask the minimum set of clarifying questions needed to avoid wrong work; do not start implementing until the must-have questions are answered (or the user explicitly approves proceeding with stated assumptions). ## Workflow ### 1) Decide whether the request is underspecified Treat a request as underspecified if after exploring how to perform the work, some or all of the following are not clear: - Define the objective (what should change vs stay the same) - Define "done" (acceptance criteria, examples, edge cases) - Define scope (which files/components/users are in/out) - Define constraints (compatibility, performance, style, deps, time) - Identify environment (language/runtime versions, OS, build/test runner) - Clarify safety/reversibility (data migration, rollout/rollback, risk) …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add ghosteken/agent-harness/ask-questions-if-underspecified@sha256:42690ce0d2adcb23The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260721.efafd9c, 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_ztvv722qp5kohu4r)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jul 21, 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 (4337 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
ghosteken/agent-harness · 4 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-13 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ztvv722qp5kohu4r GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ghosteken/agent-harness/ask-questions-if-underspecified GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/42690ce0d2adcb2377503246d15469ccaed60f6a32ce404016432f012050f737
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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