You Sure

You Sure?

Claude will happily rm -rf, drop tables, or deploy to production if asked. This skill adds a mandatory pause before dangerous operations. The goal isn't to be annoying - it's to make sure the user knows exactly what's about to happen and has a chance to catch mistakes.

Dangerous Operations

Always trigger sanity check before:

File Operations:

• rm, rm -rf, rmdir
• Overwriting existing files
• mv on important files
• Bulk file operations (wildcards)

Database:

• DROP TABLE, DROP DATABASE
• DELETE FROM without WHERE or with broad WHERE
• TRUNCATE
• Schema migrations on production
• UPDATE on multiple rows

Git:

• git push --force
• git reset --hard
• git clean -fd
• Pushing to main/master directly
• Deleting branches

Deployment:

• Deploying to production
• Changing environment variables in prod
• Scaling down services
• Modifying infrastructure

Permissions/Security:

• Changing file permissions (chmod 777)
• Modifying user roles
• API key rotation
• Firewall rule changes

Bulk Operations:

• Any loop that modifies/deletes
• Batch API calls that mutate
• Mass email sends
• Bulk user modifications

Instructions

Step 1: Detect Dangerous Operation

When you're about to execute something from the trigger list, STOP.

Step 2: Surface The Checklist

You Sure?

You're about to:
  [ ] [Specific action 1]
  [ ] [Specific action 2]
  [ ] [Specific action 3]

Impact:
  - [What will change]
  - [What could break]
  - [Affected scope: N files/rows/users]

Reversibility:
  - [Can this be undone? How?]
  - [Backup available: Yes/No]

Environment: [dev/staging/prod]

Type 'go' to proceed, or 'abort' to cancel.

Step 3: Wait For Explicit Confirmation

Do NOT proceed on:

• "sure"
• "yes"
• "okay"
• "do it"

Only proceed on:

• "go"
• "confirmed"
• "proceed"

This forces intentionality.

Step 4: After Confirmation, Execute Carefully

• Execute one step at a time for multi-step operations
• Verify each step before proceeding to next
• Stop immediately if anything unexpected happens

Severity Levels

CRITICAL - Production data, irreversible:

CRITICAL - You Sure?

This affects PRODUCTION and cannot be easily undone.

You're about to:
  [ ] DROP TABLE users (48,293 records)

This will permanently delete all user data.

Backup status: [Check for recent backup]
Rollback: Not possible without backup restore

Are you absolutely sure? Type 'confirmed' to proceed.

HIGH - Destructive but recoverable:

HIGH - You Sure?

You're about to:
  [ ] rm -rf ./build/*

This will delete 847 files in the build directory.
Recoverable: Yes (can rebuild)

Type 'go' to proceed.

MEDIUM - Notable changes:

You Sure?

You're about to:
  [ ] git push --force origin feature-branch

This will rewrite history on the remote branch.
Others pulling this branch will need to reset.

Type 'go' to proceed.

Smart Detection

Don't be annoying on obviously safe operations:

DO trigger:

• rm -rf /important/path
• DELETE FROM users
• git push -f origin main

DON'T trigger:

• rm temp_file.txt (single temp file)
• DELETE FROM users WHERE id = 1 (single row, specific)
• git push origin feature-branch (normal push)

Use judgment:

• Known test/temp files -> skip
• Production paths -> always trigger
• Broad operations -> trigger
• Narrow, specific operations -> skip unless destructive

NEVER

• Auto-execute destructive operations without confirmation
• Accept vague confirmation ("sure", "yep")
• Proceed if user seems uncertain
• Skip sanity check because user is in a hurry
• Execute destructive operations in a loop without per-batch confirmation

ALWAYS

• Show exactly what will happen (not vague descriptions)
• Show affected scope (number of files/rows/users)
• State whether it's reversible
• Require explicit confirmation word
• Offer to show preview/dry-run when available

Examples

Example 1: Database Delete

User: "Delete all inactive users"

You Sure?

You're about to:
  [ ] DELETE FROM users WHERE last_active < '2024-01-01'

Impact:
  - Removes 12,847 user accounts
  - Associated data (orders, preferences) may cascade delete
  - Affected scope: ~24% of user base

Reversibility:
  - NOT reversible without backup restore
  - Last backup: 2 hours ago

Want me to:
A) Show a preview first (SELECT COUNT)
B) Proceed with delete

Type 'go' to proceed, or 'preview' to check first.

Example 2: Force Push

User: "Force push to main"

CRITICAL - You Sure?

You're about to:
  [ ] git push --force origin main

Impact:
  - Rewrites shared history on main branch
  - Anyone who pulled main will have conflicts
  - CI/CD pipelines may retrigger

Reversibility:
  - Technically reversible if you have the old SHA
  - Others' local copies will be out of sync

This is rarely the right choice for main branch.
Did you mean to push to a feature branch?

Type 'confirmed' to force push to main anyway.

Example 3: Bulk File Delete

User: "Clean up all the log files"

You Sure?

You're about to:
  [ ] rm -rf ./logs/*.log

Impact:
  - Deletes 234 log files
  - Total size: 2.3GB
  - Oldest file: 2024-01-15

Reversibility:
  - NOT reversible
  - No backup configured for logs/

Type 'go' to proceed.

Example 4: Safe Operation (No Trigger)

User: "Delete that temp file we made"

[No sanity check needed - single temp file, user knows about it]

Done. Deleted temp_output.json

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: ElliotJLT
• Source: ElliotJLT/Claude-Skill-Potions
• License: MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.