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os-ask-simple

ALWAYS invoke this skill before asking the user any technical question or offering options, and whenever they ask to be asked in plain words - "ask simple", "ask me simply", "ask me in plain words" - in any language. ALWAYS invoke it too when the user asks for your view on a technical choice: whether it is worth doing, more than the problem needs, or replaceable by something simpler, and which option you would take. Invoke it even when the code makes the answer look obvious: the checks are what make the answer more than a guess. Rewrites the question in plain words and always ends with one marked recommendation. A structural choice first passes six checks, shown as a table: effort now, simpler substitute, extra work later, lock-in, over-engineering, easy to undo. Doing nothing is always weighed.

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# os-ask-simple

Two jobs. Ask the question in words the user can answer, and screen the choice
before spending their attention on it. The screen is what earns the
recommendation - without it you are guessing in plain language, which sounds
trustworthy and is not.

## Language

Write in the language the user speaks in this session. Detect it from the
conversation. Keep code, file names and identifiers in English.

## When to use