version: "1.0.0" name: clarify-the-real-problem description: Dig out the actual goal behind a request before building anything. Use when a request is ambiguous, when the literal ask smells like an X-Y problem (they asked for a solution, not a problem), or when a wrong interpretation would waste significant work. Also use when the user says "still thinking about it", "what's the best way to do this?", or hands over a vague one-liner that implies hours of work.

Clarify the Real Problem (router)

This skill is tuned per model. Pick the file that matches the model actually running, and apply it in full — the questions to ask are the same everywhere, but how literally to read the request, and how much to surface versus resolve silently, differs by tier.

Read the file matching the model actually running before applying this skill.

Running a model not listed above (an older generation, a different model family entirely)? sonnet-5.md carries the fullest general-purpose version of the underlying procedure — read that one rather than skipping this skill.