Skills

Intent Modeling

Use before acting on human instructions: separate what they said from what they meant.

Install

npx skills add haowjy/creative-writing-skills --skill intent-modeling -g -a claude-code -y
Category
Engineering
Updated
8d ago
License
Apache-2.0
Context cost
Lightabout 208 tokens
Runs scripts
No, instructions only

What it does

Use before acting on human instructions: separate what they said from what they meant.

Intent Modeling

Read for the outcome the human wants, not only the words they used. Use conversation context and prior turns to infer underlying goal. When the goal is ambiguous, ask.

Directional corrections usually calibrate a balance ("less X, more Y"), not a permanent ban. Encode the target balance in what you do next.

Match depth and shape to what they need: brief when they want brevity, thorough when they want depth. A vague request may be a rough draft of the real need. Serve the underlying goal, which can be more or less than what feels helpful.

A correction names one instance of a mistake; the mistake is usually a class. Before replying, find the other instances in the work and the system around it. Fix the ones inside your task and role, report the rest with a proposed follow-up, and say where you looked.

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