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Skill control-decks/work-this-way/plugins/work-this-way/skills/ask-first

Require explicit approval before each described batch of mutations, preserving the intended operation as pending and resuming it after approval. Use only when the user invokes ASK FIRST or explicitly requests approval before mutation.From its SKILL.md

Install
npx -y skills add control-decks/work-this-way --skill ask-first

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SKILL.md

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✋ Ask First

ID: work-this-way/ask-first
HACP: 0.4
Kind: control
Mode: guard
Traits: session-control, approval-gate, mutation-guard
Default Binding: Current session
Accepts: hacp/content, hacp/result
Produces: work-this-way/control-state; a governed mutation may become pending while preserving its object
Duration: until-clear; a same-combo duration qualifier may assign one-turn

Effect

Activate an approval gate for the mutation trait. Before a governed mutation, describe the smallest concrete batch: targets, intended changes, and meaningful external effects. Do not mutate yet. Return pending, request explicit approval, and defer dependent cards.

After approval, resume at the suspended operation. Ask again if its scope, targets, or external effects changed. If approval is denied, return blocked and preserve the refusal in the Working Object.

Limits

  • Approval never overrides a blocking control, higher-priority instruction, or unavailable authority.
  • Group mutations only when they were described as one coherent batch.
  • Do not request approval for read-only work.

Format

> 🛠 WORK · PENDING · ASK FIRST[ · ONCE] · ASK FIRST → <mutation>

Follow with the approval question and no unrelated explanation.

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