clarify-crit
Clarify (CRIT): a portable AI-skill package for request refinement
Install / Use
npx skills add lanveric/clarify-critInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
Installable skill definition
Quality Score
Category
AI & Machine LearningSupported Platforms
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Our assessment of clarify-crit
clarify-crit scores 53/100 on our quality scale, 930th of 963 AI & Machine Learning skills we index.
Its SKILL.md is 1.2 KB long, split into 3 sections with 1 code example: fairly brief, so expect to fill in details yourself.
It has 11 GitHub stars, so there is little community track record yet; judge it on its content.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated about 4 months ago. That is recent enough to be usable, but agent tooling moves fast, so check the instructions against your agent's current version.
- Our last check on 2026-10-19 found the source still online.
- No license is declared. By default that means all rights are reserved: you can read it, but reusing or redistributing it is not clearly permitted. Ask the author before building on it commercially.
- Its trust signals score 78/100, with 2 cautions from licensing, adoption, age or documentation. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
Safety scan
No issues foundOur scan of the whole file found no instruction hijacking, hidden characters, credential access, data exfiltration or destructive commands. An AI review of the same text found nothing harmful.
AI review by kimi-k2.7-code on 2026-09-24. Automated pattern scan on 2026-09-24. It catches known dangerous patterns, not every risk — read a skill before letting an agent act on it.
clarify-crit compared with similar skills
All 4 of these similar skills score higher than clarify-crit; compare them before choosing.
| Skill | Score | Stars | Updated | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| clarify-crit (this skill)by lanveric | 53 | 11 | 4mo ago | SKILL.md |
| claude-memby thedotmack | 100 | 113.5k | today | CLAUDE.md |
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Frequently asked questions
- How do I install clarify-crit?
- Run
npx skills add lanveric/clarify-crit. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does clarify-crit work with?
- It is written for Claude Code, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is clarify-crit safe to use?
- Our scan of the whole file found no instruction hijacking, hidden characters, credential access, data exfiltration or destructive commands. An AI review of the same text found nothing harmful. It declares no license and scores 78/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
- Is clarify-crit still maintained?
- The repository was last updated about 4 months ago. That is recent enough to be usable, but agent tooling moves fast, so check the instructions against your agent's current version.
Skill content
View source on GitHubClarify (CRIT)
Clarify is a lightweight request-refinement skill for AI models, built on the CRIT method (Context, Role, Interview, Task). It helps a model understand a user's request before acting — resolving ambiguity with the minimum questions, minimum visible structure, and minimum interaction cost.
Use CRIT. Build a dashboard for my business.
CRIT recovers what's already known, asks only what materially changes the outcome, and either answers directly or hands back a short, portable brief — instead of opening every request with a long discovery form.
In this repo
clarify-crit/— the distributable skill package. This folder alone is what gets uploaded to the Claude.ai skill uploader (or grab the prebuilt release zip).tests/— development and regression assets (evaluation guide, machine-readable regression prompts). Not part of the runtime skill.
For installation, usage, compatibility, and feedback, start with clarify-crit/README.md.
Licence
MIT — see clarify-crit/LICENSE.
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Trust signals
From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.