using-superpowers

To enforce skill usage at conversation start, invoke the Skill tool before any response to a user. This establishes a standardized protocol that loads a Skill unit's frontmatter and body as context to shape the initial interaction.

Invoking skills before answering reduces ambiguity by mandating skill-based clarifications. It ensures relevant skills are considered first in every conversation, guiding the interaction flow and shaping clarifying questions.

The best way to standardize skill selection is applying a pre-response invocation rule. This provides a clear protocol for determining relevant skills at the start of a chat and directs you to follow skill instructions before answering.

Yes, this invocation policy requires a Skill unit with frontmatter containing a name and description. It loads the skill's body as context and directs you to follow it before answering the user.

Yes, you can use this rule to guide clarifying questions. By mandating skill-based clarifications before answering, it ensures the skill instructions shape how you request necessary information from the user.

The limitation of enforcing skill invocation is that it mandates a strict pre-response protocol for every conversation. This standardized rule means skills must always be loaded and followed before any direct answer can be provided.