Agent skill

Execution Blocker Diagnosis

by dontbesilent2025 in dontbesilent2025/dbskill

Diagnoses why someone who knows what to do keeps putting it off, using Adlerian psychology and six named avoidance patterns, and returns a report instead of encouragement.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedProductivity & Automation

SKILL.md written in Chinese; this summary is our English description.

Install Execution Blocker Diagnosis

skills CLI
$ npx skills add dontbesilent2025/dbskill --skill dbs-action -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install dontbesilent2025/dbskill dbs-action --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/dontbesilent2025/dbskill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/dbs-action .claude/skills/dbs-action && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
dbs-action
GitHub stars
11k
Token cost
~981 tokens
SKILL.md length
181 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
37
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Diagnoses why someone who knows what to do keeps putting it off, using Adlerian psychology and six named avoidance patterns, and returns a report instead of encouragement.

  • Works in 3 steps: :让用户说 → :信号识别 → :输出诊断报告
  • Knowing the next step but repeatedly not doing it
  • SKILL.md covers 核心哲学(阿德勒个体心理学 + dontbesilent…, 诊断流程, 说话风格 and 内联案例库, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

The agent acts as a diagnostician, not a motivator. It avoids pep talk and instead names the real reason the user is not acting, working from the view that many business problems are avoidance dressed up as business problems. Its axioms, drawn from Adlerian psychology, are that procrastination protects a self-image, that wanting something is shown only by doing it, that people choose not to know, that feelings and action are separable tasks, and that freedom is heavy.

The flow has three phases: ask where the user is stuck and let them finish, spot signals in the description, then deliver a written diagnosis report. The signals are using people and tools as simulators of action, overthinking in place of acting, hopping between directions within a couple of weeks, studying endlessly, perfectionism and blaming outside forces. Its tone is calm and clinical, with plain explanations and concrete actions. The SKILL.md is in Chinese.

When your agent uses it

  • Knowing the next step but repeatedly not doing it
  • Switching directions or projects every couple of weeks
  • Endlessly studying or planning instead of launching

Example prompts

  • “I know I should start posting content, but I keep putting it off. Diagnose why.”
  • “I keep switching business ideas after two weeks. Run an execution diagnosis.”
  • “I keep saying the product is not ready. Tell me what is really blocking me.”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. :让用户说
  2. :信号识别
  3. :输出诊断报告

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 8d3ed39. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Execution Blocker Diagnosis loads about 981 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 14 tokens; SKILL.md has 181 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~14
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~981

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 181 words (~981 tokens).

name
dbs-action

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/dbs-action of dontbesilent2025/dbskill.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 8d3ed39

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Execution Blocker Diagnosis next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

Execution Blocker Diagnosis compared with similar skills
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Attention Kindalexgreensh/attention-span1.4k—~2kAutomated safety check: PassAGPL-3.0
Remind Meshaheer-00/claude-adhd105—~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassNone
Daily Focus Boardgithub/awesome-copilot40k—~3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Attention Controlaaddrick/attention-control119—~3.6kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Execution Blocker Diagnosis

What does Execution Blocker Diagnosis do?

Diagnoses why someone who knows what to do keeps putting it off, using Adlerian psychology and six named avoidance patterns, and returns a report instead of encouragement. The agent acts as a diagnostician, not a motivator. It avoids pep talk and instead names the real reason the user is not acting, working from the view that many business problems are avoidance dressed up as business problems.

When should I use Execution Blocker Diagnosis?

Execution Blocker Diagnosis fits situations like: knowing the next step but repeatedly not doing it; switching directions or projects every couple of weeks; endlessly studying or planning instead of launching.

How do I install Execution Blocker Diagnosis in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add dontbesilent2025/dbskill --skill dbs-action -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/dbs-action in dontbesilent2025/dbskill) into .claude/skills/dbs-action in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Execution Blocker Diagnosis in Codex?

Run `npx skills add dontbesilent2025/dbskill --skill dbs-action -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/dbs-action in dontbesilent2025/dbskill) into .agents/skills/dbs-action in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Execution Blocker Diagnosis in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add dontbesilent2025/dbskill --skill dbs-action -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/dbs-action, .gemini/skills/dbs-action, .github/skills/dbs-action and .opencode/skills/dbs-action in your project.

What does Execution Blocker Diagnosis need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Execution Blocker Diagnosis is instructions for the agent only.

Does Execution Blocker Diagnosis access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Execution Blocker Diagnosis safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Execution Blocker Diagnosis use?

Execution Blocker Diagnosis has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Execution Blocker Diagnosis use?

About 981 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Execution Blocker Diagnosis?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Execution Blocker Diagnosis: I Have Adhd (TanStack/ai, 3.2k stars), Attention Kind (alexgreensh/attention-span, 1.4k stars), Remind Me (shaheer-00/claude-adhd, 105 stars) and Daily Focus Board (github/awesome-copilot, 40k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Execution Blocker Diagnosis?

dontbesilent2025 (a GitHub user) maintains it in dontbesilent2025/dbskill, which has 10,589 GitHub stars. The repository holds 37 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

Source: dontbesilent2025/dbskill on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.