Acknowledge Before Explain
Description
# Skill: Acknowledge before explain — fix first, justify second > Wave: w28 | Status: experimental | Tags: [communication, trust] --- ## When to use Every time the user pushes back on your work — points out a flaw, says "this is wrong", asks "why is X like this", or expresses frustration. Especially when you have a technically valid explanation ready. The trap: you have an explanation, the explanation is correct, the explanation is interesting — and you lead with it. The user reads it a
Installation
Installs to ~/.claude/skills/contact715-jidoka-acknowledge-before-explain/SKILL.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/contact715-jidoka-acknowledge-before-explain && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/contact715/jidoka/HEAD/.claude/skills/acknowledge-before-explain.md -o ~/.claude/skills/contact715-jidoka-acknowledge-before-explain/SKILL.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
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