Ask Questions If UnderspecifiedCAUTION
Overview
An agent skill published by paperclipai.
144776592aa6OBSERVED · 2026-10-13What it tells the agent
The instruction file, verbatim from the audited commit — this is the text the model reads, and the surface the audit's instruction layer examines. Quoted here so you can judge it without cloning anything.
---
name: ask-questions-if-underspecified
description: >
Clarify ambiguous requirements by asking questions before implementing. Only when invoked explicitly.
metadata:
sources:
- kind: github-file
repo: trailofbits/skills
path: plugins/ask-questions-if-underspecified/skills/ask-questions-if-underspecified/SKILL.md
commit: 5c15f4f5644b4bd3d48882a802a7232d501852b6
attribution: Trail of Bits
license: CC-BY-SA-4.0
usage: referenced
---Trust audit
CAUTIONgrade B · trust 89/100 Install with care. The audit found things worth knowing before you trust its output.
| Layer | What it checks | Result |
|---|---|---|
| L0 | Provenance & inventory | WARN |
| L1 | Static analysis of the code | NA |
| L2 | Instruction surface (what it tells the agent) | PASS |
| L3 | Class-specific surface | PASS |
| L4 | Behavioural (sandbox) | SKIPPED |
What the source does
- Filesystem
- none-observed
- Network
- none-observed
- Shell
- none-observed
- Dependencies
- pinned
- Secrets in source
- none-found
Findings (2)
.agents/skills/company-creator
.claude/skills/company-creator
Gates applied: no_behavioural_pass.
144776592aa6full audit observations/trust-audit/skill/paperclipai__ask-questions-if-underspecified.json · Report an issue / request a re-scanAudit history
Every audit this skill has had.
| Date | Source | Verdict | Grade | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-13 | 144776592aa6 | CAUTION | B | 89 | first audit |
Questions
Is Ask Questions If Underspecified safe to install?
With care. The audit graded it B (89/100) and found 2 things worth knowing before you trust this skill, listed below with the exact line each was found on.
What can Ask Questions If Underspecified access on my machine?
The audit observed no filesystem, network or shell use at all in its source.
How current is this page?
The grade is for one exact copy of the source (144776592aa6), read on 2026-10-13. The repository is watched, and a new audit runs when it changes — this is the first audit.