Guidance for asking clarifying questions when user requests are ambiguous, have multiple valid approaches, or require critical decisions. Use when implementation choices exist that could significantly affect outcomes.
Install
npx skills add oaustegard/claude-skills --skill asking-questionsnpx skills add oaustegard/claude-skills --skill asking-questions -a claude-code -gnpx skills add oaustegard/claude-skills --skill asking-questions -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/oaustegard/claude-skills.git --path asking-questionsgh skill install oaustegard/claude-skills asking-questionsgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/oaustegard/claude-skills /tmp/oaustegard__claude-skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/oaustegard__claude-skills/asking-questions ~/.claude/skills/asking-questions # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/oaustegard__claude-skills/asking-questions ~/.agents/skills/asking-questions # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode