Shape Requirements

Resolve missing intent, not details the repository or established defaults can answer. Honor the requested deliverable and existing authorization.

Select one branch

• A material requirement, acceptance boundary, or authority decision prevents

useful progress: read [gate mode](references/gate-mode.md).

• The user explicitly requests an interview or collaborative idea development:

read [interview mode](references/interview-mode.md).

• Otherwise continue the original task without a clarification workflow.

A request to write or update a document is not automatically an interview. Discovery and independent authorized work may continue while a genuine human prerequisite remains unresolved.

Resume the original task

When answers or authorized assumptions settle material uncertainty, continue without requesting another approval for the same decision. Stop after the clarification or brief when that was the requested deliverable.

Use diagnosis for uncertain current-code claims and planning only when a plan is requested or needed for safe execution. These are optional next actions, not a fixed chain. Resolve and read another skill's available SKILL.md before using it; do not assume sibling installs or imitate an unavailable skill.