preflight
Preflight: Scope Clarifier
Adapted from the superpowers
brainstormingskill by Jesse Wolfe. Same core principle: ask before acting. Scoped here to clarifying analysis intent rather than designing features.
Preflight resolves ambiguous scope before a deep-* skill runs its agents. It asks the minimum questions needed to proceed confidently — no more.
When to Invoke
A calling skill should invoke preflight when one or more of the following are true:
- No specific files, paths, or artifacts are mentioned in the conversation
- The topic could span 3+ unrelated domains
- The user's intent is unclear (review? verify? research? explore?)
- The conversation is a fresh session with no prior context
- The artifact type is ambiguous (code? document? design? financial data?)
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