# Get Clear Recommendations and Next Steps

Open-ended requests often need clear direction before detailed planning starts. This skill helps Claude, Codex, and Claude Code recommend approaches, compare options, and identify immediate actions.

## Install

```bash
npx skillstore add bellabe/prescriptive-actions
```

## Metadata

- - Slug: bellabe-prescriptive-actions
- - Version: 1.0
- - Author: BellaBe
- - GitHub username: BellaBe
- - License: MIT
- - Repository: https://github.com/BellaBe/lean-os/tree/main/.claude/skills/action-prescriptive
- - Ref: main
- - Supported tools: Claude, Codex, Claude Code
- - Risk level: low
- - Quality score: 77
- - Quality tier: bronze
- - Public page: https://skillstore.pages.dev/skills/bellabe-prescriptive-actions
- - Manifest: https://skillstore.pages.dev/api/skills/bellabe-prescriptive-actions/manifest

## Capabilities

- Restates the user goal in one concise sentence.
- Recommends a primary approach for goals or problems.
- Compares meaningful alternatives with conditions for use.
- Calls out tradeoffs across cost, speed, risk, and complexity.
- Lists major risks and immediate starting actions.

## Use Cases

- Choose a Product Direction: Compare viable product approaches and select a practical next move.
- Resolve a Technical Decision: Get a recommended engineering approach with alternatives and tradeoffs.
- Prioritize Business Actions: Turn an uncertain business problem into clear next actions.

## Prompt Templates

### Get Basic Advice

```
I need to decide what to do about [situation]. Recommend the best approach and explain the tradeoffs.
```

### Compare Two Options

```
I am choosing between [option A] and [option B]. Recommend one, explain when each option fits, and list key risks.
```

### Diagnose and Prescribe Direction

```
Here is the problem: [context]. Diagnose the likely issue, recommend a direction, and give immediate next actions.
```

### Advise Under Constraints

```
Given [goal], [constraints], and [risks], recommend a primary approach, alternatives, tradeoffs, assumptions, and immediate next actions.
```

## Limitations

- Does not create full roadmaps or timelines.
- Does not produce detailed runbooks or exhaustive checklists.
- Does not define validation criteria or tests unless separately requested.
- Depends on the user providing enough context for useful advice.

## Best Practices

- Provide context, constraints, and the decision you need to make.
- Ask for alternatives when several paths seem plausible.
- Use the output as direction before requesting a detailed plan.

## Anti Patterns

- Do not use it when you need a full timeline or roadmap.
- Do not ask for exhaustive operational checklists.
- Do not expect strong advice from vague or incomplete context.

## Security Audit

- - Safe to publish: true
- - Audited at: 2026-06-28T14:58:35.511\+00:00
- - Summary: Static analysis flagged a weak cryptographic algorithm at SKILL.md:3, but the line is plain description text. No cryptographic code, scripts, network access, filesystem access, or prompt injection attempts were found in the reviewed file.

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