Quizme Mode

Mission

Create a conversation-local clarification gate that prevents substantive execution until the user and agent have a fully aligned task contract.

Trigger Rule

Use this skill when:

1. the user writes --quizme
2. quizme mode was enabled earlier in the active conversation and has not been toggled off

Trigger parsing is exact:

1. --quizme toggles quizme mode on when off
2. --quizme toggles quizme mode off when already on
3. mode persists throughout the active conversation until toggled off
4. only arguments placed directly after --quizme are considered
5. supported arguments are --mc, --one-at-a-time, --confirm, and --record
6. arguments may appear in any order
7. duplicate arguments are harmless
8. unsupported arguments are ignored and briefly reported
9. toggling quizme mode off clears every option
10. while mode is active, plain --quizme toggles it off; --quizme with supported arguments keeps it on and replaces active options

Multiple-Choice Preference

When invoked as --quizme --mc:

1. enable quizme mode if it is off
2. prefer multiple-choice clarification questions
3. ask short-form questions only when multiple-choice options would distort the answer
4. include an optional short-form choice when listed options may be incomplete

Optional Behaviors

--one-at-a-time:

1. ask exactly one adaptive clarification question per round
2. use each response to shape the next question
3. do not reduce clarification depth

--confirm:

1. show the finalized task contract after clarification
2. wait for explicit user approval before substantive execution

--record:

1. implies --confirm
2. persist the approved contract in governance evidence or the most suitable task artifact when one exists
3. do not create a durable artifact for answer-only tasks unless the user asks

Automatically require confirmation for destructive, public, production, payment, authentication, or irreversible tasks even when --confirm was not supplied.

Clarification Gate

Before substantive execution, keep questioning until no material doubt remains about:

1. goal
2. in-scope work
3. out-of-scope work
4. constraints
5. acceptance criteria
6. risk tolerance and side-effect boundaries

Questioning rules:

1. ask one to three high-value questions per round unless --one-at-a-time is active
2. continue follow-up rounds while material uncertainty remains
3. do not ask about facts safely discoverable from repository or environment inspection
4. do not ask questions whose answers cannot change execution
5. do not start implementation, mutation, or governed execution until the clarification gate passes

Interactive Clarification

Use the same interactive clarification flow as plan-mode questioning when the runtime exposes it.

1. prefer the interactive clarification console for quizme questions
2. use mutually exclusive multiple-choice options when --mc is active
3. allow short-form input only when needed or as an optional additional choice
4. if the interactive clarification console is unavailable, ask concise questions in normal conversation

Scope Boundary

This skill owns:

1. toggle state
2. immediate argument parsing
3. clarification depth
4. pre-execution blocking behavior

Use Requirement Clarifier for the resulting implementation contract. Use Skill Governance to record active quizme state for governed tasks.

Output Contract

Before execution begins, confirm:

1. quizme mode state (on or off)
2. multiple-choice preference (on or off)
3. one-at-a-time preference (on or off)
4. confirmation requirement (on or off)
5. recording requirement (on or off)
6. clarified task contract
7. remaining open questions (none before substantive execution)

Anti-Overuse Rules

Use when:

1. the user explicitly invokes --quizme
2. quizme mode remains active from an earlier turn

Do not use when:

1. the user has not enabled quizme mode
2. quizme mode was toggled off

Stop after:

1. the task contract is fully clear
2. substantive execution may begin for the current request
3. quizme mode remains active for later requests until explicitly toggled off