ask

name	ask
category	utility
status	active
description	Ask a locally installed external advisor CLI (Claude or Gemini) for focused questions, reviews, brainstorming, or second opinions, and capture a reusable artifact. Use when the user wants a Claude/Gemini second opinion, "ask claude", or "ask gemini".
agent_created	true
triggers	["ask claude","ask gemini","ask an advisor","second opinion","external review"]

Ported from oh-my-codex ask. OMX runtime conventions ($macro invocation, omx CLI, .omx/ state directory) are replaced with WorkBuddy idioms (Skill tool, Agent tool, task list, .workbuddy/memory).

Ask (Local Advisor CLI)

Use a locally installed external advisor CLI for focused questions, reviews, brainstorming, or second opinions. This skill replaces the separate ask-claude and ask-gemini skills.

Usage

Invoke with a backend and a question or task, for example:

ask claude <question or task>
ask gemini <question or task>

Backend selection

• Use claude when the user asks for Claude, Anthropic, or the previous ask-claude behavior.
• Use gemini when the user asks for Gemini or the previous ask-gemini behavior.
• If no backend is specified, choose the installed backend that best matches the user request; if neither is clearly available, explain that a local CLI is required.

Local CLI commands

Claude:

claude -p "{{ARGUMENTS}}"

Gemini:

gemini -p "{{ARGUMENTS}}"

If needed, adapt to the user's installed CLI variant while keeping local execution as the default path. Do not silently switch to an MCP or remote provider when the local binary is missing.

Artifact requirement

After local execution, save a markdown artifact under a project-relative path:

.omw/ask/ask-<backend>-<slug>-<timestamp>.md

Minimum artifact sections:

1. Original user task
2. Backend and final prompt sent to the CLI
3. Raw CLI output
4. Concise summary
5. Action items / next steps

Task: {{ARGUMENTS}}