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To make an AI assistant use available skills before responding, you need a prompt engineering workflow that enforces mandatory skill discovery. This ensures the AI checks its toolset and invokes relevant skills prior to generating any direct response or action.

An LLM bypasses existing tools and answers directly when it lacks structured workflow guidance to prevent rationalization. Enforcing a strict decision tree prioritizing skill invocation over immediate response generation resolves this unassisted behavior.

Mandatory skill invocation in AI workflow design is a process enforcing the use of relevant skills before any AI response. It ensures AI assistants utilize their toolset effectively across all conversational turns, even when skill applicability probability is low.

To stop AI from skipping tool usage during task execution, implement a strict workflow with clear red flags. This prevents common AI rationalizations for bypassing skills and ensures the assistant prioritizes process skills based on the specific task type.

Enforcing skill discovery applies to all conversational turns to improve task completion accuracy. While it adds a mandatory skill check before action, the structured workflow guidance ensures the AI utilizes its toolset effectively rather than attempting unassisted actions.