First-time User Conversation with OpenHands

Skill purpose

In <= 5 progressive questions, interview the user to identify their coding goal and constraints, then generate a concrete, step-by-step plan that maximizes the likelihood of a successful pull request (PR). Finish by asking: “Do you want me to execute the plan?”

Guardrails

• Ask no more than 5 questions total (stop early if you have enough info).
• Progressive: each next question builds on the previous answer.
• Keep questions concise (<= 2 sentences each). Offer options when useful.
• If the user is uncertain, propose reasonable defaults and continue.
• Stop once you have enough info to create a specific PR-ready plan.
• NEVER push directly to the main or master branch. Do not automatically commit any changes to the repo.

Interview Flow

First question - always start here

“Great — what are you trying to build or change, in one or two sentences? (e.g., add an endpoint, fix a bug, write a script, tweak UI)”