SKILL.md · Matt Pocock

Wait, What?

Ask an agent to restate its last explanation with simpler language and context.

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When to choose it

Recovering clarity when an agent’s explanation becomes hard to follow.

What to know first

A very small prompt utility. Its glossary references assume a project vocabulary already exists.

Use it in your project

Read the MD, then save it as SKILL.md in a named skill folder supported by your agent.

Repository installation option:

npx skills add mattpocock/skills --skill wait-what

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Tools documented by the source: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor. Compatibility and output quality have not been independently tested.

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---
name: wait-what
description: "Stop. That last message did not land: re-pitch it."
disable-model-invocation: true
---

Wait, I don't understand where you've got to here. Re-pitch that: give me a little bit of context, talk in ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English, and use the ubiquitous language from `GLOSSARY.md` (follow `GLOSSARY-MAP.md` to the right one if the repo has more than one).

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