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smithers why · smithersai | DecimalAI

agent toolingby smithersai

smithers why

smithersai/smithers-why

Source smithersai/smithers ↗License MIT

Explain why a run is currently blocked or paused. Run `smithers why --help` for usage details.

SkillScore82Maintained

Automatic

DevOps & SRE pack

Last verified 8/21/2026

What it changes

Passed 16 of 19 test cases with the skill, and 3 of 19 without it.

Without skill14%

With skill82%

Checks it passed that the model alone missed

Includes the flag --json
Includes the --json option
Includes smithers why run_31029

and 16 more in the full report

17 fixed1 passed either way2 still failing2 broke

Pass-rate lift: +68 pp
Tokens: -76%
Agent turns: 0%
Response time: -76%

Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/21/2026v118 of 22 cases passed with skill · 19 comparable

Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.

Use this skill

Save it into your project's skills folder. Claude Code picks it up in its next session.

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/smithersai-smithers-why/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/smithersai-smithers-why/SKILL.md

Want it pinned and updatable? pip install "decimalai>=0.15", then decimalai skills add smithersai-smithers-why, and start Claude Code with claude --plugin-dir "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.agents"

1 · One-time — install the CLI (docs ↗)

pip install "decimalai>=0.15"

2 · Get the skill — writes .agents/skills/smithersai-smithers-why/ and pins it in .decimal/skills.lock

decimalai skills add smithersai-smithers-why

No CLI? Get the same file — curl · raw file

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/smithersai-smithers-why/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/smithersai-smithers-why/SKILL.md

Raw file: /s/smithersai-smithers-why/SKILL.md ↗ · machine-readable summary at /s/smithersai-smithers-why.json ↗

Safety checks: 3 of 3 passed

Code scan CleanIntent PassedContent Clean

See it in action

One of 15 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.

1 of 15

Prompt

Query why run_54321 is blocked and request the output formatted as JSON.

What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked	Without skill	With skill
Uses the command smithers why run_54321 --json	Missed	Passed

case-19 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/21/2026 · answers are capped and redacted

What's inside

The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.

SKILL.md15 linessingle file

smithers why

Explain why a run is currently blocked or paused.

Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Description
`runId`	`string`	yes	Run ID to explain

Options

Flag	Type	Default	Description
`--json`	`boolean`	`false`	Output structured JSON diagnosis

Track record

Benchmark

16 / 19

test cases passed, vs 3 / 19 without

Adoption

Users: 0
Times used: 0

Safety and source details

SkillSafety

✓ 3 of 3 passed

Code scan15 of 15 checks clean

0 critical · 0 warning · 0 info — scanner v4 — 8/3/2026

View 15 scanner checks

live_secretremote_code_executionreverse_shelldata_exfiltrationssrf_metadataagent_snoopinganti_refusaldestructive_commandsobfuscated_unicodeunicode_homoglyphopaque_blobsuspicious_urltool_overreachtrigger_abuseprompt_injection_phrasing

IntentSafe

LLM judge · does the skill do what it claims

ContentClean

LLM judge · policy & harmful-content review

Source

Imported

smithersai / smithers

.agents/skills/smithers-why/SKILL.md

View on GitHub ↗

License MITImported 8/3/2026Version v1

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What's inside

smithers why

Arguments

Options

Track record

Benchmark

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SkillSafety

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