Agent skill

Ask User Questions

by paulp-o in paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp

Ask clarifying questions to users via interactive TUI. An agent skill from paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp.

Install Ask User Questions

skills CLI

$ npx skills add paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp --skill ask-user-questions -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp ask-user-questions --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/paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ask-user-questions .claude/skills/ask-user-questions && 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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "ask-user-questions" agent skill from https://github.com/paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp/tree/master/skills/ask-user-questions into .claude/skills/ask-user-questions/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ask-user-questions", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp/tree/master/skills/ask-user-questions

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp --skill ask-user-questions -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp ask-user-questions --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ask-user-questions .agents/skills/ask-user-questions && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "ask-user-questions" agent skill from https://github.com/paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp/tree/master/skills/ask-user-questions into .agents/skills/ask-user-questions/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ask-user-questions", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp --skill ask-user-questions -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp ask-user-questions --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ask-user-questions .cursor/skills/ask-user-questions && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "ask-user-questions" agent skill from https://github.com/paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp/tree/master/skills/ask-user-questions into .cursor/skills/ask-user-questions/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ask-user-questions", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp.git --path skills/ask-user-questions

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp --skill ask-user-questions -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp ask-user-questions --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ask-user-questions .gemini/skills/ask-user-questions && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "ask-user-questions" agent skill from https://github.com/paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp/tree/master/skills/ask-user-questions into .gemini/skills/ask-user-questions/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ask-user-questions", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp ask-user-questions

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp --skill ask-user-questions -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ask-user-questions .github/skills/ask-user-questions && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "ask-user-questions" agent skill from https://github.com/paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp/tree/master/skills/ask-user-questions into .github/skills/ask-user-questions/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ask-user-questions", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp --skill ask-user-questions -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp ask-user-questions --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ask-user-questions .opencode/skills/ask-user-questions && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "ask-user-questions" agent skill from https://github.com/paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp/tree/master/skills/ask-user-questions into .opencode/skills/ask-user-questions/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ask-user-questions", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: ask-user-questions
GitHub stars: 147
Token cost: ~496 tokens
SKILL.md length: 169 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 1
Repo updated: Jun 25, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Ask clarifying questions to users via interactive TUI. An agent skill from paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp.

You need user input on preferences
SKILL.md covers Usage and Parameters
Calls npx
Implementation choices

What it does

Ask User Questions is an agent skill from paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp. Ask clarifying questions to users via interactive TUI. Use when you need user input on preferences, implementation choices, or ambiguous instructions.

Its SKILL.md is about 500 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Requirements gathering. It works with Model Context Protocol. The repository describes itself as: Better 'AskUserQuestion' - A lightweight MCP server/OpenCode plugin/Agent Skills + CLI interface which allows parallel AI agents ask questions to you. Be the human in the… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

You need user input on preferences
Implementation choices
Ambiguous instructions

Example prompts

“/ask-user-questions”

Requirements

Node.js

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 7d41b1b. 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
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
- npx
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
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

Ask User Questions loads about 496 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 42 tokens; SKILL.md has 169 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~42
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~496

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

The full file from paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp at commit 7d41b1b, republished under its MIT licence (© paulp-o). 169 words, ~496 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/ask-user-questions/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: ask-user-questions
description: Ask clarifying questions to users via interactive TUI. Use when you need user input on preferences, implementation choices, or ambiguous instructions.
license: MIT
metadata.author: paulp-o
metadata.version: 3.3.1

Ask User Questions

Use this tool when you need to ask the user questions during execution. This allows you to:

Gather user preferences or requirements Clarify ambiguous instructions Get decisions on implementation choices as you work Offer choices to the user about what direction to take. Usage notes:

Users will always be able to select "Other" to provide custom text input Use multiSelect: true to allow multiple answers to be selected for a question Recommend an option unless absolutely necessary, make it the first option in the list and add "(Recommended)" at the end of the label For multiSelect questions, you MAY mark multiple options as "(Recommended)" if several choices are advisable Do NOT use this tool to ask "Is my plan ready?" or "Should I proceed?"

Usage

bash

# Ask questions via CLI
npx auq ask '{"questions": [...]}'

# Or pipe JSON input
echo '{"questions": [...]}' | npx auq ask

Parameters

json

{
  "questions": [
    {
      "prompt": "Which authentication method would you like to use?",
      "title": "Auth",
      "options": [
        {"label": "JWT (Recommended)", "description": "Stateless, scalable"},
        {"label": "Session cookies", "description": "Traditional, server-side"}
      ],
      "multiSelect": false
    }
  ]
}

Field	Type	Required	Description
`questions`	array	Yes	1-5 question objects
`questions[].prompt`	string	Yes	Full question text
`questions[].title`	string	Yes	Short label (max 12 chars)
`questions[].options`	array	Yes	2-5 options with `label` and optional `description`
`questions[].multiSelect`	boolean	Yes	Allow multiple selections

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/ask-user-questions of paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 7d41b1b

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Works with

Model Context Protocol

Questions about Ask User Questions

What does Ask User Questions do?

Ask clarifying questions to users via interactive TUI. An agent skill from paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp. Ask User Questions is an agent skill from paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp. Ask clarifying questions to users via interactive TUI.

When should I use Ask User Questions?

Ask User Questions fits situations like: you need user input on preferences; implementation choices; ambiguous instructions.

How do I install Ask User Questions in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp --skill ask-user-questions -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ask-user-questions in paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp) into .claude/skills/ask-user-questions in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Ask User Questions in Codex?

Run `npx skills add paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp --skill ask-user-questions -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ask-user-questions in paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp) into .agents/skills/ask-user-questions in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Ask User Questions 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 paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp --skill ask-user-questions -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ask-user-questions, .gemini/skills/ask-user-questions, .github/skills/ask-user-questions and .opencode/skills/ask-user-questions in your project.

What does Ask User Questions need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Ask User Questions needs the command-line tools its instructions call (npx). Our summary lists: Node.js.

Does Ask User Questions access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Ask User Questions 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 Ask User Questions use?

Ask User Questions is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Ask User Questions use?

About 496 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2k 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 Ask User Questions?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Ask User Questions: Ask User Question (MemTensor/MemOS, 12k stars), Ouroboros Command Reference (Q00/ouroboros, 6.2k stars), Tapd Story Clarification (TencentBlueKing/bk-bcs, 840 stars) and Azv Sketch To Diagram (Azure/AZVerify, 101 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Ask User Questions?

paulp-o (a GitHub user) maintains it in paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp, which has 147 GitHub stars. The repository was last updated on June 25, 2026.

Source: paulp-o/ask-user-questions-mcp on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Ask User Questions

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Ask User Questions

Usage

Parameters

Files

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