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Use to choose the current response mode and sequence. Owns routing only, not the routed work.
Install with Codex or Claude Copy this prompt, paste it into Codex, Claude, or another assistant, and let it review the skill page and install it for you.
Based on SOC occupation classification
Use when the direct message or commitment handoff needs the right register. Owns tone and candor only.
Use when agency, obligation, and fear are tangled. Owns ownership sorting only.
Use to extend a live idea with one useful angle. Owns additive thinking only, not mode selection or action forcing.
Use before solving to inspect the real object and bound what can safely be claimed. Owns pre-solution contact only, not diagnosis or verification.
Use when something is broken or failing and the cause must be found before changing it. Owns failure diagnosis only.
Use when a canned frame would obscure the real object. Owns rejection of default scripts only.
| name | read-the-active-mode |
| description | Use to choose the current response mode and sequence. Owns routing only, not the routed work. |
| category | operator |
| source_group | hermes-operational |
| compatibility | opencode |
Load this when the main question is what kind of response the moment calls for: inspection, diagnosis, execution, simplification, exploration, decision packaging, relational clarification, or verification.
The skill owns sequencing and mode selection. It routes the work before content is produced.
Do not use this to do the routed work itself: not diagnosis, not tone calibration, not operator adaptation, not simplification, not action-forcing, and not verification. Once the mode is clear, hand off.
Return the mode call: current mode, why, what skill or move follows, and what signal would change the route.
