ask

Answers codebase questions with intent classification and source-attributed context gathering.

189|25|Updated Jan 30, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/sd0xdev/sd0x-harness --skill ask-sd0xdev
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: ask
Source: https://github.com/sd0xdev/sd0x-harness/tree/main/skills/ask
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/sd0xdev/sd0x-harness --skill ask-sd0xdev

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

💡 This Skill includes references (resource) components.

What problem does it solve? Developers frequently need quick answers about code, git history, docs, rules, or available skills without leaving their workflow or triggering heavyweight processes like full code reviews or deep research. This Skill provides read-only, context-aware Q&A that gathers the right evidence and cites its sources. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Intent-Based Routing: Classifies questions into code, git, docs, rules, skill, architecture, or multi-intent categories and runs a tailored context-gathering pipeline for each. - Session Context Capture: Automatically detects the current branch, active feature, changed files, and recent commits before answering. - Source-Attributed Answers: Every claim is backed by file, commit, or command evidence in a structured output format. - Use Case: While working on a feature branch, ask "what does the feature resolver do and what changed recently?" and receive a concise answer citing the relevant source files and commits, without any risk of accidental code modification. ## Quick Start Ask a question about the codebase such as what a specific function does or what the recent commits changed, and receive a sourced answer.

Frequently Asked Questions about ask

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I ask questions about my codebase without modifying files?▼

Use a read-only Q&A skill that gathers context through Grep, Glob, Read, and git log commands without Edit or Write access. It classifies your question by intent, gathers evidence, and returns an answer with source citations.

How does intent classification route code questions?▼

Questions are classified into intents like code, git, docs, rules, skill, or architecture based on signals such as file paths, time words, or doc-type nouns. Each intent triggers a specific tool pipeline, for example Grep then Read for code questions.

When should I use quick Q&A instead of code review or deep research?▼

Use quick Q&A for informational questions about code behavior, history, or conventions. Route to code review for PR feedback, deep research for multi-source investigation, and code exploration for systematic tracing of implementations.

Can read-only Q&A skills access files outside the repository?▼

No. Path security restricts all reads to the repository root, rejects path traversal and absolute paths outside the repo, and skips secret files like .env or credentials. High-confidence secrets in output are redacted.

What happens when a question spans multiple topics?▼

Multi-intent questions run combined pipelines from each relevant intent, potentially in parallel, with a hard limit of eight total file reads. Results are merged before synthesis into a single sourced answer.