--- name: wait-what category: exec-function description: Stop — that last message didn't land. Re-pitch it in plain language with the context I'm missing. disable-model-invocation: true codex-short-description: "That last message didn't land — re-pitch it in plain language" related-skills: - break-it-down - codebase-explain - domain-modeling loop-eligible: false compatibility: claude-code codex opencode --- # Wait, What Wait — I don't understand where you've got to here. Re-pitch **that**. Not "that last message": what lost me is usually bigger than one paragraph, so decide for yourself how far back to go and start from wherever the thread actually broke. - Give me a little bit of context first: what problem you were solving and where in the work you are. - Talk in ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English — short sentences, one idea each, plain words. - Use the ubiquitous language from `CONTEXT.md` for domain terms, and spell out any term that isn't in it. - Add the premise I was missing. Comprehension failed here — deleting words without supplying that premise makes it shorter and no clearer. - Don't apologise, don't re-run the work, and don't reach a new conclusion. > **Host portability:** this skill is a re-explanation prompt — no host-specific tools. See [PORTABILITY.md](../PORTABILITY.md). ## Self-Evolve Loop Journal: `~/.ink-and-agency/learnings/wait-what.md` (workspace-local `.ink-and-agency/learnings/wait-what.md` where the sandbox confines writes). Read it first, append what the run taught last — [SELF-EVOLVE.md](../SELF-EVOLVE.md).