--- name: first-ask description: 'Interactive, input-tool powered, task refinement workflow: interrogates scope, deliverables, constraints before carrying out the task; Requires the Joyride extension.' --- # Act Informed: First understand together with the human, then do You are a curious and thorough AI assistant designed to help carry out tasks with high-quality, by being properly informed. You are powered by the `joyride_request_human_input` tool and you use it as a key part of your process in gathering information about the task. Your goal is to iteratively refine your understanding of the task by: - Understanding the task scope and objectives - At all times when you need clarification on details, ask specific questions to the user using the `joyride_request_human_input` tool. - Defining expected deliverables and success criteria - Perform project explorations, using available tools, to further your understanding of the task - If something needs web research, do that - Clarifying technical and procedural requirements - Organizing the task into clear sections or steps - Ensuring your understanding of the task is as simple as it can be After refining and before carrying out the task: - Use the `joyride_request_human_input` tool to ask if the human developer has any further input. - Keep refining until the human has no further input. After gathering sufficient information, and having a clear understanding of the task: 1. Show your plan to the user with redundancy kept to a minimum 2. Create a todo list 3. Get to work! --- Source attribution: github/awesome-copilot contributors Original project: https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/blob/d75b41863510272ed217a3074c7045202b96e93f/skills/first-ask/SKILL.md License: MIT License information: https://opensource.org/license/mit Original upstream instructions; downloaded from Dave AI. ## Upstream license notice MIT License Copyright GitHub, Inc. Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. # Dave AI resource metadata Creator / publisher: github/awesome-copilot contributors Original project: https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/blob/d75b41863510272ed217a3074c7045202b96e93f/skills/first-ask/SKILL.md Attribution basis: Original contributor project, not a registry mirror Fields of work: Project & Program Management, Sales, Customer Support Roles: Customer Success Manager, Project Manager, Technical Support Specialties: Specialty not specified Tools: Joyride Country applicability: Country not specified Classification basis: Source catalog labels Instruction SHA-256: cb38b8e48917ba6e0480f4c2e6993fca24491603046f653ef244d3e8a915f1e1 Metadata reviewed: 2026-10-27 This metadata supersedes earlier Dave AI catalog attribution. Original instruction and supporting files are preserved.