Ask Questions If Underspecified Skill

Trit: -1 (MINUS) Category: ask-questions-if-underspecified Author: Trail of Bits Source: trailofbits/skills License: AGPL-3.0

Description

Clarify requirements before implementing. Use when serious doubts araise.

When to Use

This is a Trail of Bits security skill. Refer to the original repository for detailed usage guidelines and examples.

See: https://github.com/trailofbits/skills

Related Skills

• audit-context-building
• codeql
• semgrep
• variant-analysis

SDF Interleaving

This skill connects to Software Design for Flexibility (Hanson & Sussman, 2021):

Primary Chapter: 4. Pattern Matching

Concepts: unification, match, segment variables, pattern

GF(3) Balanced Triad

ask-questions-if-underspecified (−) + SDF.Ch4 (+) + [balancer] (○) = 0

Skill Trit: -1 (MINUS - verification)

Connection Pattern

Pattern matching extracts structure. This skill recognizes and transforms patterns.