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Agent skill

Answer Uncomfortable Question

by lyndonkl in lyndonkl/claude

Takes one strategic question about substacker ("should we launch paid?", "is this section dead?", "are we writing for the wrong audience?") and produces the mandatory evidence + reasoning + downside…

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Install Answer Uncomfortable Question

skills CLI
$ npx skills add lyndonkl/claude --skill answer-uncomfortable-question -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install lyndonkl/claude answer-uncomfortable-question --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/lyndonkl/claude.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/answer-uncomfortable-question .claude/skills/answer-uncomfortable-question && 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
answer-uncomfortable-question
GitHub stars
164
Token cost
~599 tokens
SKILL.md length
140 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
12
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Takes one strategic question about substacker ("should we launch paid?", "is this section dead?", "are we writing for the wrong audience?") and produces the mandatory evidence + reasoning + downside…

  • Works in 5 steps: Data-backed: answerable from current… → Decision-relevant: answering it changes… → Recency filter: don't re-ask last… → …
  • Keywords — uncomfortable question
  • SKILL.md covers Workflow, Uncomfortable-question…, Format per question and Guardrails
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Answer Uncomfortable Question is an agent skill from lyndonkl/claude. Takes one strategic question about substacker ("should we launch paid?", "is this section dead?", "are we writing for the wrong audience?") and produces the mandatory evidence + reasoning + downside triad plus a recommendation. Used 3 times per Growth Strategist review. Trigger keywords — uncomfortable question, strategic question, evidence reasoning downside, triad.

Its SKILL.md is about 600 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: Agents, skills and anything else to use with claude.

When your agent uses it

  • Keywords — uncomfortable question
  • Strategic question
  • Evidence reasoning downside

Example prompts

  • “should we launch paid?”
  • “is this section dead?”
  • “are we writing for the wrong audience?”
  • “/answer-uncomfortable-question”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Data-backed: answerable from current inputs. Reject otherwise.
  2. Decision-relevant: answering it changes what the writer does next quarter.
  3. Recency filter: don't re-ask last quarter's unresolved question without significant new data.
  4. User-prompted override: if writer invoked with specific question, force-include it.
  5. Portfolio coverage: across quarters, hit growth / product / voice axes.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 4acc337. 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 (its code samples are markdown).

    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

Answer Uncomfortable Question loads about 599 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 100 tokens; SKILL.md has 140 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~100
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~599

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 140 words (~599 tokens).

“The Strategist chooses 3 per quarter. Scoring:”

— opening of SKILL.md by lyndonkl
name
answer-uncomfortable-question

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/answer-uncomfortable-question of lyndonkl/claude.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 4acc337

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Questions about Answer Uncomfortable Question

What does Answer Uncomfortable Question do?

Takes one strategic question about substacker ("should we launch paid?", "is this section dead?", "are we writing for the wrong audience?") and produces the mandatory evidence + reasoning + downside…. Answer Uncomfortable Question is an agent skill from lyndonkl/claude.") and produces the mandatory evidence + reasoning + downside triad plus a recommendation.

When should I use Answer Uncomfortable Question?

Answer Uncomfortable Question fits situations like: keywords — uncomfortable question; strategic question; evidence reasoning downside.

How do I install Answer Uncomfortable Question in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add lyndonkl/claude --skill answer-uncomfortable-question -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/answer-uncomfortable-question in lyndonkl/claude) into .claude/skills/answer-uncomfortable-question in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Answer Uncomfortable Question in Codex?

Run `npx skills add lyndonkl/claude --skill answer-uncomfortable-question -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/answer-uncomfortable-question in lyndonkl/claude) into .agents/skills/answer-uncomfortable-question in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Answer Uncomfortable Question 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 lyndonkl/claude --skill answer-uncomfortable-question -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/answer-uncomfortable-question, .gemini/skills/answer-uncomfortable-question, .github/skills/answer-uncomfortable-question and .opencode/skills/answer-uncomfortable-question in your project.

What does Answer Uncomfortable Question need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Answer Uncomfortable Question is instructions for the agent only.

Does Answer Uncomfortable Question 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 Answer Uncomfortable Question 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 Answer Uncomfortable Question use?

No licence was found for Answer Uncomfortable Question or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Answer Uncomfortable Question use?

About 599 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.4k 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 Answer Uncomfortable Question?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Answer Uncomfortable Question: Answer Ads Questions (gooseworks-ai/goose-skills, 1.2k stars), Logseq Answer Machine (logseq/logseq, 45k stars), Strategic Compact (affaan-m/ECC, 275k stars) and Strategic Compact (affaan-m/ECC, 275k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Answer Uncomfortable Question?

lyndonkl (a GitHub user) maintains it in lyndonkl/claude, which has 164 GitHub stars. The repository holds 12 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 1, 2026.

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