After a substantive answer or draft the user may act on, Claude invokes this skill and adds two or three follow-up questions tied to specifics of the answer. It draws on the AI Fluency discernment habits: checking facts, questioning reasoning, noticing missing context. It runs at most once per conversation.
What it does
Where Discernment Nudge runs and what it adds, from its documentation
Triggers after advice, estimates, plans, drafts, data analysis or factual claims
Adds 2-3 questions each referencing something concrete in the answer
Models fact-checking, reasoning-probing and missing-context habits
Limits itself to once per conversation
Skips trivial lookups, educational explanations, code, creative writing and chat
When to use it
Good fit
Answers on consequential topics where context-specific assumptions matter
Drafted plans, proposals or estimates the user will act on
Not for
Trivial how-to or lookup questions
Users who asked to double-check, cite, or keep it brief
How to install Discernment Nudge
Register the marketplace in Claude Code: /plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills
Install the bundle that contains it: /plugin install example-skills@anthropic-agent-skills
Or copy the skill folder to ~/.claude/skills/discernment-nudge/ (personal) or .claude/skills/discernment-nudge/ (project)
Mention the task in a prompt; Claude loads the skill automatically when the SKILL.md description matches
Permissions and security
What it can access
Instruction-only; adds text to Claude's replies
Security notes from the maintainers
Anthropic repo disclaimer: skills are provided for demonstration and educational purposes; behavior in Claude may differ
Review the source before granting an agent access to credentials or production systems. We document what the maintainers state; we do not audit code.
How do I install the discernment-nudge skill in Claude Code?
Add the marketplace with /plugin marketplace add anthropics/skills and install the bundle containing it, or copy skills/discernment-nudge into ~/.claude/skills/. source
When does Claude use the discernment-nudge skill?
Claude loads it automatically when the request matches the description field in its SKILL.md frontmatter. source
What license does the discernment-nudge skill use?
Its SKILL.md points to LICENSE.txt, which is the Apache License 2.0. source
