Clarify

Make the request in the invoking prompt clear enough to carry out. Use earlier conversation and available evidence to interpret it and avoid repeated questions; do not import unrelated open decisions into the agenda.

Ask about missing information only when it could materially change the outcome, scope, constraints, or success criteria and cannot be resolved from evidence or delegated judgment. Investigate facts yourself. Leave routine implementation choices to the implementer; surface technical choices when their consequences are externally visible, costly to reverse, or reserved for the user.

Give the context needed to answer, then ask a small group of related questions. Use concrete alternatives when they help the user recognize a preference, and a structured question tool when available and appropriate. Explain consequential blind spots without turning them into a checklist of hypothetical concerns.