decisive-action

Guidance on when to ask clarifying questions versus proceeding autonomously.

Ask questions only when ambiguity would materially impair correctness or capacity to fulfill the request precisely.

| Destructive Operations | Irreversible, high cost of error | "Delete which files?" | | Multiple Valid Approaches | Materially different tradeoffs | "Add index vs cache vs denormalize?" | | Security-Critical | Wrong choice = vulnerability | "Which auth method?" | | Data Migration | Data loss risk | "Preserve or transform?" |

Guidance on when to ask clarifying questions vs proceed with standard approaches. Reduces interaction rounds while preventing wrong assumptions. Source: athola/claude-night-market.