# Claude Skill Think Before Coding

> Premium Claude Skill - Think Before Coding. Forces explicit reasoning, surfaces assumptions, and handles ambiguity before implementation to reduce LLM mistakes.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-ishandutta2007-claude-skills-by-karpathy-think-before-coding`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [ishandutta2007](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/ishandutta2007)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [AI & ML](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/ai-and-ml)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [ishandutta2007](https://github.com/ishandutta2007)
- **Source:** https://github.com/ishandutta2007/claude-skills-by-karpathy/tree/main/claude-skills/think-before-coding

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-ishandutta2007-claude-skills-by-karpathy-think-before-coding
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Think Before Coding (Claude Skill)

**Don't assume. Don't hide confusion. Surface tradeoffs.**

Before implementing:
- **State your assumptions explicitly.** If uncertain, ask rather than guess.
- **Present multiple interpretations.** If ambiguity exists, don't pick silently.
- **Push back when warranted.** If a simpler approach exists, say so.
- **Stop when confused.** Name what is unclear and ask for clarification.

### Key Logic
LLMs often pick an interpretation silently and run with it. This **Claude Skill** forces explicit reasoning to ensure the path forward is aligned with user intent.

## Source & license

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

- **Author:** [ishandutta2007](https://github.com/ishandutta2007)
- **Source:** [ishandutta2007/claude-skills-by-karpathy](https://github.com/ishandutta2007/claude-skills-by-karpathy)
- **License:** MIT

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

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-ishandutta2007-claude-skills-by-karpathy-think-before-coding
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/ishandutta2007
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