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Skill ngocsangyem/MeowKit/packages/mewkit/src/migrate/modules/cursor/root/.cursor/skills/mk-ask-me

Answer factual project questions (codebase, architecture) with cited evidence. NOT for brainstorming, trade-offs (mk:party), debugging (mk:investigate), review (mk:review), or plans (mk:plan-creator).From its SKILL.md

Install
npx -y skills add ngocsangyem/MeowKit --skill mk-ask-me

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SKILL.md

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mk:ask-me

Overview

Answer questions about the current project — codebase, architecture, conventions, workflows, rationale, constraints — with minimal cited file:line evidence. Gives the agent deep, fast project understanding instead of long grep/search sessions. Read-only by default; the answer is the deliverable.

Route first

Classify the request before gathering evidence. If a specialist owns it, name that skill and stop; do not partially answer. The complete routing table is references/specialist-routes.md.

This skill answers what is true, how it works here, why it exists, and what constraints apply — about the current project only.

When to Use

Auto-activate on:

  • "how does X work here / in this project / in this repo"
  • "what does X mean" (project file, config, convention)
  • "why is X structured this way"
  • "is it true that ... in this repo" (claim-check)
  • "what constraints apply before touching X"
  • "explain X with sources / citations"

Explicit: the ask-me skill [question] [--depth quick|standard|deep] [--save-to <path>]

Do NOT invoke when: the request matches any Redirect First row, asks to change code, or is a pure general-knowledge question (answer those directly, no scouting).

Process

  1. Route check. Match against Redirect First. Owned elsewhere → name the skill, stop.
  2. Parse. Extract the question. Infer kind: factual, explanation, rationale, constraint-summary, or claim-check. Depth: standard unless flagged.
  3. Minimal evidence plan. Prefer user-provided paths; else grep targeted keywords. Docs/project context first, then targeted code/config. Apply the forbidden-path list below.
  4. Bounded gather. Read only relevant slices within the depth budget. Stop as soon as the answer is sufficiently supported. Track path:line for every source-backed claim.
  5. Synthesize. Direct answer first; separate verified claims from inference; state confidence (high/medium/low — mandatory); list limitations; mention a related specialist skill only if the user's next likely action leaves scope.
  6. Optional save. Only via --save-to or explicit request, per the save-path policy below. On unsafe path or conflict, refuse the write and return the answer inline.

Depth budgets and output/failure contracts: references/answer-contract.md.

Forbidden Paths (never read)

.env*, secrets/keys/credentials/tokens of any kind, .meowkit/memory/, session-state/, dependency dirs (node_modules/, .venv/), build outputs, browser profiles. No WebSearch — current-docs lookup belongs to mk:docs-finder.

Save-Path Policy

Write only when asked, and only under: an explicit user path inside the project root, tasks/reports/, or ${PLUGIN_DATA}/ask-me/. Path escapes a safe root → refuse and answer inline. Target exists → ask before overwrite or use a timestamped name.

Answer contract

Return a direct answer, confidence, cited evidence, and only needed inference/limitations. Include one related specialist only when the likely next action leaves this scope. Load references/answer-contract.md for the exact template and failure handling.

Workflow Integration

On-demand — no single phase anchor; usable at any point from Phase 0 (orient) through Phase 6 (reflect). Does not gate or feed any phase artifact.

Handoff Protocol

The answer is terminal by default — no agent receives it. If the user's next action leaves this skill's scope, point to the single owning specialist skill (one pointer, never auto-invoke it).

Gotchas

  • Don't turn an answer request into a plan — the answer IS the deliverable.
  • Don't over-scout: stop at sufficiency, not at budget exhaustion.
  • Don't answer option-selection questions; route them (mk:party / mk:brainstorming).
  • Never cite project facts without path:line sources; unsourced points go under Inference.
  • Missing docs lower confidence but don't block — fall back to targeted code/config reads.
  • "How does [library] work" is mk:docs-finder territory; this skill only answers "how does X work in this project".

What ships with it: 2 files

1.9 KB alongside SKILL.md

references/

Gives 0 of the 12 instructions most architecture codebase skills give in ~1.0k tokens

Counted across 811 of the 1,134 authors here whose files we hold, read 2026-08-07

  • Ask the user which candidate to explorein 45 of 811, across 15 files
  • Apply the deletion test to suspected shallow modulesin 43 of 811, across 15 files
  • Read any relevant architecture decision records firstin 31 of 811, across 8 files
  • Use exact glossary terms in every suggestionin 30 of 811, across 10 files
  • Accept dependencies instead of creating themin 24 of 811, across 5 files
  • Include before and after visualisations for each candidatein 24 of 811, across 5 files
  • Read the domain glossary before exploringin 24 of 811, across 6 files
  • Return results instead of producing side effectsin 23 of 811, across 4 files
  • Explore the codebase for shallow modules and frictionin 23 of 811, across 3 files
  • Introduce seams only where things varyin 22 of 811, across 3 files
  • Reduce the number of methodsin 21 of 811, across 2 files
  • Design deep modules with small interfacesin 21 of 811, across 3 files

Said here and by no other author read

  • classify the request before gathering evidence
  • extract the question and infer depth
  • read only relevant slices within depth budget
  • track path and line for every source-backed claim
  • separate verified claims from inference
  • write only when explicitly asked

Grouped from the skills themselves: near-identical wordings counted once, and counted by distinct author, so one author publishing three of these counts once. Length counted with cl100k_base; the agent that loads this file may tokenize it differently.

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