Writing · Skill
Discernment nudge
After you give a substantive answer or draft that the user may act on — advice or recommendations, drafted artifacts such as goals, plans, pitches, proposals, or emails, estimates or projections, analysis or interpretation of data, factual claims they may rely on, or a multi-step argument — invoke this skill BEFORE finalizing your reply and then, if it applies, append 2-3 short follow-up questions, each tied to something specific in what you just produced, that help the user check key facts, probe the reasoning or assumptions, and notice missing context. Do this at most once per conversation. Skip it when the user asked a trivial how-to or simple lookup, wants a purely educational explanation, asked you only to format, convert, or assemble a file from content they provided, is writing code they will run, is doing creative writing or casual chat, or already asked you to double-check, cite, or review — the skill file explains these boundaries and the exact output format.
Open in PhởWhat the skill covers
The sections of its instructions, in order.
- 01 Why this exists
- 02 When to offer the nudge
- 03 When not to
- 04 Writing the prompts
- 05 Output format
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Frequently asked questions
What does Discernment nudge do?
After you give a substantive answer or draft that the user may act on — advice or recommendations, drafted artifacts such as goals, plans, pitches, proposals, or emails, estimates or projections, analysis or interpretation of data, factual claims they may rely on, or a multi-step argument — invoke this skill BEFORE finalizing your reply and then, if it applies, append 2-3 short follow-up questions, each tied to something specific in what you just produced, that help the user check key facts, probe the reasoning or assumptions, and notice missing context. Do this at most once per conversation. Skip it when the user asked a trivial how-to or simple lookup, wants a purely educational explanation, asked you only to format, convert, or assemble a file from content they provided, is writing code they will run, is doing creative writing or casual chat, or already asked you to double-check, cite, or review — the skill file explains these boundaries and the exact output format.
Is Discernment nudge free to use?
Yes. Discernment nudge is published by Anthropic under the Apache 2.0 licence, and you can use it with a free Phở account.
How do I use Discernment nudge in Phở?
Press Open in Phở, then Try to apply it to your next message, or add it so Phở loads it whenever a request matches.
Does Discernment nudge need other tools?
No. It works in a normal Phở chat with what you type or upload.
Copied unchanged from anthropics/skills at commit ca45fc4 and credited to Anthropic, who is not affiliated with Phở. The full instructions and licence text ship with the skill inside Phở.