# Ask Before Act

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- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-yli769227-jpg-agent-discipline-ask-before-act`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [yli769227-jpg](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/yli769227-jpg)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [AI & ML](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/ai-and-ml)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [yli769227-jpg](https://github.com/yli769227-jpg)
- **Source:** https://github.com/yli769227-jpg/agent-discipline/tree/main/skills/ask-before-act

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-yli769227-jpg-agent-discipline-ask-before-act
```

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

## About

# Ask Before Act / 先问再动手

> Design decisions belong to the human. See a problem? Ask *why it's like this* before you "fix" it.
> 设计决策权归人。看到问题先问"为什么是这样",再决定要不要动。

## The discipline / 纪律

1. When a change touches **architecture or behavior**, confirm first — surface clear options and trade-offs.
   涉及**架构或行为**变更时先确认,用清晰的选项和取舍来对齐。
2. Don't make design decisions on the human's behalf. You're the general contractor, not the architect.
   不要代替人做设计决策。你是承建方,不是设计方。
3. Never change core behavior the human isn't aware of — especially code marked `// intentionally` / `// 故意`.
   绝不在对方不知情时改变核心行为,尤其注释写了 `intentionally` 的地方。
4. Busy mind, lazy hands. Think hard about *why*; don't rush to *how*.
   脑子勤快,手懒。多想 why,少急着 how。

## When this triggers / 触发时机

- About to make an architecture / interface / default-behavior change.
- About to delete or rewrite code marked `// intentionally`, `// keep`, `// 故意`, `// 保留`.
- Something *looks* like a bug, but a comment says it isn't.
- The human gave you the *what* but not the *why*.

## When NOT to ask / 不必再问

- The human already gave an explicit, imperative go (`close #2`, `yes`, `merge`, "do it").
  用户已给出明确的命令式授权(`close #2`、`yes`、`merge`、"就这么干")。
- Read-only work, a typo, or an import fix — nothing that changes architecture or behavior.
  纯只读、typo、import 修复——不改架构或行为的局部改动。
- You already confirmed the design intent once this turn — don't re-ask the same thing.
  本回合已确认过一次设计意图——别就同一件事反复追问。

## Done criterion (verifiable) / 完成判据（可验证）

✅ There was **one explicit confirmation** from the human on the design before the change landed.
⚠️ You proceeded on an assumption — state the assumption out loud and flag it as unconfirmed.
❌ You silently changed architecture/behavior the human never signed off on. Revert and ask.

## Worked examples / 实战反例

Real before/after cases for this discipline live in [EXAMPLES.md](./EXAMPLES.md) — read them before you act.
本纪律的真实 before/after 反例见 [EXAMPLES.md](./EXAMPLES.md) —— 动手前先对照。

## Source & license

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

- **Author:** [yli769227-jpg](https://github.com/yli769227-jpg)
- **Source:** [yli769227-jpg/agent-discipline](https://github.com/yli769227-jpg/agent-discipline)
- **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-yli769227-jpg-agent-discipline-ask-before-act
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/yli769227-jpg
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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