Ask Constraints

SkillDev tools

Understand hard boundaries on the user's research — target venues, methodology

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Ask Constraints skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine in skills/ask-constraints/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Identify non-negotiable constraints.

Execution

Dialogue — inline, no subagent.

What to Ask About (one at a time)

  • Target venue/journal (if any)
  • Methodology preferences (empirical? theoretical? both?)
  • Areas to explicitly avoid
  • Advisor/team hard requirements
  • Ethical/legal constraints

Key Behavior

Not limited to ML/AI. Works for any research domain. Some users have no constraints — that's a valid answer.

Output

Constraints section of ActorProfile.

Signals

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Source
github.com/yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine