Ask

Ask

This is a Hermes-native ask workflow skill.

Why This Exists

ask exists to keep review work explicit, evidence-backed, and inside the Hermes/executor boundary instead of relying on ad hoc chat narration.

Do Not Use When

• The request is casual chat, a status-only acknowledgement, or another workflow has stronger routing evidence.
• The user needs implementation, review, CI, merge, or external publishing evidence that has not been delegated or observed.

Examples

Good example:

• Prompt: ask: ask Claude as an external advisor to critique this plugin bridge plan before implementation.
• Expected behavior: Prepare an advisor prompt, capture the response boundary, and summarize reusable critique.
• Why: The user wants outside review before committing to a direction.

Bad example:

• Prompt: ask: treat casual chat or unaccepted work as if this workflow already produced verified results.
• Expected behavior: Ask a clarification question or route to a narrower workflow instead of forcing ask.
• Why: The request lacks the required inputs or would overclaim work that Hermes did not observe.

Completion Checklist

• Findings or no-issue results are grounded in concrete file, artifact, command, or source evidence.
• Open questions, residual risk, and missing verification are named.
• Fixes or follow-up work are separate handoffs unless the user explicitly asked to implement them.

Recovery Notes

• If the reviewed target is missing, inspect the requested artifact or ask one target question.
• If independent verification is unavailable, report the gap and avoid an approval-style claim.

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