first-ask

github/awesome-copilot · skills/first-ask/SKILL.md

Interactive, input-tool powered, task refinement workflow: interrogates scope, deliverables, constraints before carrying out the task; Requires the Joyride extension.

No license★ 38398⑂ 4850commit f11a4e4

Install skillView source on GitHub

What this skill does

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.

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

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.

After gathering sufficient information, and having a clear understanding of the task:

Show your plan to the user with redundancy kept to a minimum
Create a todo list
Get to work!

Installation

Copy a source-pinned command for your client. You run it yourself.

Destination: .claude/skills/first-ask · pinned to the source commit

# Run from your project root
git clone https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot.git .skillboard-tmp
git -C .skillboard-tmp checkout f11a4e441c5ff061b4f8ae37952be8c602e4034e
mkdir -p ".claude/skills"
cp -r ".skillboard-tmp/skills/first-ask" ".claude/skills/"
rm -rf .skillboard-tmp

Review the source before running. This copies files into your project; it is not a one-click install and does not verify runtime safety.

New here? Step-by-step setup – from installing the agent to using the skill

Operating systemAgentI already use Claude Code

1
Install Git
Install Git with your package manager (Debian/Ubuntu shown; use dnf/pacman on others). Official download.
```
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y git
```
2
Install Claude Code
Requires Node.js 18+. Install the CLI globally: Official docs. (command-line tool)
```
npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
```

Get the skill, pinned to its exact version

Open a terminal and run these steps (they clone the source, check out the exact commit, and copy the skill into place):

# Run from your project root
git clone https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot.git .skillboard-tmp
git -C .skillboard-tmp checkout f11a4e441c5ff061b4f8ae37952be8c602e4034e
mkdir -p ".claude/skills"
cp -r ".skillboard-tmp/skills/first-ask" ".claude/skills/"
rm -rf .skillboard-tmp

Destination: .claude/skills/first-ask

4
Use it in Claude Code
Open Claude Code in your project. It reads skills from the folder above, so first-ask is now available. Always review the source before using it – static checks cannot prove runtime safety.

Security & Audits

Scanner static-checks@0.1.0 · commit f11a4e441c5f. Static checks cannot prove runtime safety – review the source and the exact diff before installing. How checks work.

No static rules matched. This is not a safety guarantee.

first-ask

github/awesome-copilot · skills/first-ask/SKILL.md

Interactive, input-tool powered, task refinement workflow: interrogates scope, deliverables, constraints before carrying out the task; Requires the Joyride extension.

No license★ 38398⑂ 4850commit f11a4e4

Install skillView source on GitHub

What this skill does

Act Informed: First understand together with the human, then do

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

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.

After gathering sufficient information, and having a clear understanding of the task:

Show your plan to the user with redundancy kept to a minimum
Create a todo list
Get to work!

Installation

Copy a source-pinned command for your client. You run it yourself.

Destination: .claude/skills/first-ask · pinned to the source commit

# Run from your project root
git clone https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot.git .skillboard-tmp
git -C .skillboard-tmp checkout f11a4e441c5ff061b4f8ae37952be8c602e4034e
mkdir -p ".claude/skills"
cp -r ".skillboard-tmp/skills/first-ask" ".claude/skills/"
rm -rf .skillboard-tmp

Review the source before running. This copies files into your project; it is not a one-click install and does not verify runtime safety.

New here? Step-by-step setup – from installing the agent to using the skill

Operating systemAgentI already use Claude Code

1
Install Git
Install Git with your package manager (Debian/Ubuntu shown; use dnf/pacman on others). Official download.
```
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y git
```
2
Install Claude Code
Requires Node.js 18+. Install the CLI globally: Official docs. (command-line tool)
```
npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
```

Get the skill, pinned to its exact version

Open a terminal and run these steps (they clone the source, check out the exact commit, and copy the skill into place):

# Run from your project root
git clone https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot.git .skillboard-tmp
git -C .skillboard-tmp checkout f11a4e441c5ff061b4f8ae37952be8c602e4034e
mkdir -p ".claude/skills"
cp -r ".skillboard-tmp/skills/first-ask" ".claude/skills/"
rm -rf .skillboard-tmp

Destination: .claude/skills/first-ask

4
Use it in Claude Code
Open Claude Code in your project. It reads skills from the folder above, so first-ask is now available. Always review the source before using it – static checks cannot prove runtime safety.

Security & Audits

Scanner static-checks@0.1.0 · commit f11a4e441c5f. Static checks cannot prove runtime safety – review the source and the exact diff before installing. How checks work.

No static rules matched. This is not a safety guarantee.

first-ask

What this skill does

Act Informed: First understand together with the human, then do

Installation

Install Git

Install Claude Code

Get the skill, pinned to its exact version

Use it in Claude Code

Security & Audits

first-ask

What this skill does

Act Informed: First understand together with the human, then do

Installation

Install Git

Install Claude Code

Get the skill, pinned to its exact version

Use it in Claude Code

Security & Audits