before-building
SkillDev toolsSurfaces the 1-3 big design decisions hiding inside an app idea right after you propose building it.
Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.
No other account needed.
Add ahel to your AI once: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or Codex. Then ask it to use this.
Then ask your AI: use the before-building skill
About this skill
Fire the moment the user proposes a build. Instantly surface the 1-3 consequential choices hidden in their idea. Can also be invoked with /before-building.
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by davidondrej/skills in skills/thinking-and-docs/before-building/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
Respond INSTANTLY, from the gut. Do NOT read files, search, or use any tool — your very next message is the answer, based only on what the user just said. List the 1-3 truly consequential choices hidden in their idea (fewer is better). For each: the options in a few words + your gut recommendation. Classics: one-off vs repeated later, few lines vs proper module, biggest thing it could break. Skip anything minor. Then stop and wait for their answers.
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- Sep 2026
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before-building- Source
- github.com/davidondrej/skills