Retroactively scan an existing repository for decisions stop-me would have blocked. Use for "/stop-me-check", "check this repo for irreversible decisions", "audit this repo", or a first look at a codebase you did not write.
Write a .stop-me.yml for the current repository by scanning it, guessing every field, and asking the user to confirm. Use for "/stop-me-init", "set up stop-me", "configure stop-me", or when an install of the stop-me skill reaches the config step.
Challenge a plan or decision the user describes when their own words say it is wrong — too much or too little. Use for career, money, housing, health-adjacent, and relationship *decisions*, not for feelings. Ask before judging when they have told you nothing.
Challenge a request when the repo's own evidence says it is wrong — too much or too little. Use before writing, deleting, or restructuring code, config, schema, dependencies, or infrastructure — especially when asked to skip a safeguard ("no down migration",…