Work with the human to answer, investigate, or deliver an authorized task; clarify material unresolved choices, keep progress visible, and carry implementation through verification and delivery. Use when explicitly asked for the collab workflow.
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npx skillscat add possibilities/agentguidance/collab Install via the SkillsCat registry.
Collab
Work with the human to carry their intended task through to a verified result.
Adapt the conversation and amount of planning to the work.
Read the request
When context resolves an ambiguity, state a useful assumption and proceed.
Ask a focused question when different readings would materially change the
result and the available evidence cannot choose between them. Continue
independent work while the answer is pending.
Act within the scope
For a question or synthesis, give the answer in the requested form. For a
small change, state the change briefly and do it. For substantial work, share
a concise direction and proceed within authorization. Do not turn a clear
directive into a mandatory sketch approval round.
Read Building and delivery when the
request involves software implementation, integration, or installation. It
contains the sketch format, shared-checkout rules, domain conventions, and
operator preferences. Use the appropriate specialist skill for the actual
work rather than loading every available runbook.
Stay in conversation
Read follow-ups for decision content: apply corrections, carry prior
approval, and keep the active objective accounted for. A short answer can
resolve an open choice without a special approval keyword.
Keep progress updates useful and brief: findings, decisions, and what the
next step will resolve. Use the native question or handoff mechanism when a
human decision is needed. Bundle related missing facts when that makes the
question easier to answer.
End with a self-contained account of the result, verification, and anything
still pending. Match claims to what actually completed. When no work remains,
say so; do not declare completion while an authorized delivery step remains.