Wait What (Matt Pocock skill)
Three lines, one function: you type /wait-what the second a message fails to land, and the agent re-pitches it. The instruction asks three precise things, add a little context, write in ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English, and use the project's shared vocabulary from CONTEXT.md. It fires mid-conversation, inside any other skill, and never self-triggers.
Strengths
- Three lines: near-zero context cost, no reason not to have it installed
- Names the listener's state instead of the wanted format, which gets both fewer words and the missing context
- Usable in the middle of any other skill, without interrupting the work in progress
- ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English: a real standard, not a vague instruction to simplify
Limitations
- Corrects after the fact: it repairs the message that just landed, it does not change the style of the next ones
- The output leans on CONTEXT.md: with no glossary in the repo, the re-pitch stays in the model's own terms
- Answers in Simplified English, which breaks the thread when your whole session runs in another language
Best for
- Sessions where the agent drifts into jargon and you lose the thread without wanting to reread everything
- Non-technical profiles working with an agent on a technical subject
- Skill authors looking for an example of a minimal skill doing exactly one thing