Ask Questions If Underspecified

Before Claude starts coding, this skill makes it stop and ask the minimum set of questions needed to avoid building the wrong thing. It's explicitly invoked, not automatic. You get 1-5 scannability-optimized questions with multiple choice options, suggested defaults, and fast-path responses like "reply defaults to accept all." The workflow is pragmatic: it distinguishes must-have questions from nice-to-haves, offers a compact answer format like "1b 2a 3c", then restates your choices before proceeding. Honestly, this is most useful when you're handing off vague requests or working in unfamiliar codebases where assumptions are expensive. It won't ask what it can discover by reading configs or existing patterns.

Install to Claude Code

npx -y skills add skillcreatorai/ai-agent-skills --skill ask-questions-if-underspecified --agent claude-code