Principle Never Block On The Human
Apply when tempted to ask 'should I do X?' on reversible work.
Install
npx skills add nightly-labs/openbot --skill principle-never-block-on-the-human -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- nightly-labs/openbot4.5k
- Category
- Engineering
- Updated
- 3d ago
- License
- See repository
- Context cost
- Lightabout 188 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Apply when tempted to ask 'should I do X?' on reversible work.
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. Since code changes are reversible and reviewable, a wrong decision usually costs less than blocking.
- Proceed, then present. Do the work, show the result. Don't ask "should I do X?" Do X, explain why.
- Make the system self-healing. When you notice a problem, log it and fix it in the next round.
- 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.
