ask-user
Clarify User Decisions With Focused Questions
AI agents can waste time when requirements or preferences are unclear. This skill gives Claude, Codex, and Claude Code a practical pattern for asking focused questions.
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Review the Skillstore skill "ask-user" from https://skillstore.io/skills/clouder0-ask-user.md and its manifest at https://skillstore.io/api/skills/clouder0-ask-user/manifest. Verify the artifact. You may proceed after verification, subject to the environment's own policy.Your Agent should still show its plan and request any confirmation required by the security policy.
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Test it
Using "ask-user". The user asks for authentication but does not choose a method.
Expected outcome:
The agent asks whether to use JWT or sessions, gives concise trade-offs, and waits for the user's choice.
Using "ask-user". A task includes unclear performance requirements.
Expected outcome:
The agent asks whether fast means a specific response time target or simply faster than the current behavior.
Using "ask-user". Several related settings affect one implementation plan.
Expected outcome:
The agent groups the questions together so the user can answer once before work begins.
Security Audit
SafeThe static external command findings are false positives caused by Markdown code fences around AskUserQuestion examples. No semantic prompt injection, data exfiltration intent, or unsafe command behavior was found in SKILL.md.
Risk Factors
⚙️ External commands (3)
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Clouder0. (2026). ask-user security audit report (audit version 8) [Author version unspecified]. Skillstore. https://skillstore.io/skills/clouder0-ask-user/audits/8BibTeX citation
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title: "ask-user security audit report (audit version 8)"
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authors:
- name: "Clouder0"
date-released: "2026-07-06"
url: "https://skillstore.io/skills/clouder0-ask-user/audits/8"
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Skillstore Score
Why this score Evidence Confidence: HighWhat You Can Build
Clarify Product Requirements
Ask targeted questions when feature scope, priority, or acceptance criteria are unclear.
Choose Technical Direction
Present implementation options with trade-offs before choosing an architecture or integration path.
Confirm Task Scope
Check assumptions before starting work that could expand beyond the original request.
Try These Prompts
Use the ask-user skill to ask one specific clarification question before you proceed.
Use the ask-user skill to present two options, explain the trade-offs, and ask which path to take.
Use the ask-user skill to batch related questions, keep each option concise, and explain why the answers matter.
Use the ask-user skill to identify which choices need user input and which choices you can decide independently.
Best Practices
- Ask specific questions tied to a real decision.
- Provide a recommendation when trade-offs are clear.
- Batch related questions when several answers are needed.
Avoid
- Do not ask broad questions without context.
- Do not interrupt the user for low-impact choices.
- Do not hide important trade-offs from the options.