principle-never-block-on-the-human
Apply when tempted to ask 'should I do X?' on reversible work. Proceed, present the result, let the human course-correct after the fact; reserve confirmation for irreversible actions.
Install / Use
npx skills add mcread29/gizmo-registry --skill principle-never-block-on-the-humanInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
Installable skill definition
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Our assessment of principle-never-block-on-the-human
principle-never-block-on-the-human scores 54/100 on our quality scale, 4191st of 4,586 Development & Engineering skills we index.
Its SKILL.md is 1.6 KB long, lightly structured (1 heading) and no code examples: moderately detailed.
It has no GitHub stars yet, so there is no community track record; judge it on its content.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated 28 days ago, so principle-never-block-on-the-human is actively maintained.
- 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 80/100, 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.
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Frequently asked questions
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- It declares no license and scores 80/100 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 principle-never-block-on-the-human still maintained?
- The repository was last updated 28 days ago, so principle-never-block-on-the-human is actively maintained.
Skill content
View source on GitHubname: principle-never-block-on-the-human description: "Apply when tempted to ask 'should I do X?' on reversible work. Proceed, present the result, let the human course-correct after the fact; reserve confirmation for irreversible actions." disable-model-invocation: true
Never Block on the Human
The human supervises asynchronously. Agents must stay unblocked: make reasonable decisions, proceed, and let the human course-correct after the fact. Code is cheap. Waiting is expensive.
Why: Every permission pause stalls the pipeline and makes the human the bottleneck. Since code changes are reversible and reviewable, a wrong decision usually costs less than blocking.
Pattern:
- Proceed, then present. Do the work, show the result. Don't ask "should I do X?" Do X, explain why.
- Reserve questions for genuine ambiguity. Ask only when you truly cannot infer intent from context.
- Make the system self-healing. When you notice a problem, log it and fix it in the next round.
- Supervision is async. The human reviews plans, diffs, and changes on their own schedule. Design workflows for review-after-the-fact.
- Code is cheap, attention is scarce. A wrong implementation costs minutes to fix. A blocked agent costs the human's attention to unblock.
Boundaries:
- Irreversible actions (force-push, delete production data, send external messages) still require confirmation.
- Reversible actions (write code, edit notes, split tasks) should proceed without blocking.
- Product direction comes from the human; execution should not block.
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Trust signals
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