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correct-courselisted

Side-route skill for explicit backtracking when an upstream artifact becomes untrustworthy. Use when research, PRD, or slice decomposition has been invalidated by new information and you need to clean up stale artifacts before re-running an earlier pipeline step. Not for forward progress, fresh shaping, or routine bug fixes.
chrislacey89/skills · ★ 2 · AI & Automation · score 71
Install: claude install-skill chrislacey89/skills
# Correct Course Run this skill when something has changed — new information, a failed assumption, a reshaped scope — and the current pipeline artifact can no longer be trusted. `/correct-course` diagnoses the blast radius, names the earliest skill that needs to re-run, and walks you through cleaning up stale artifacts before forward motion resumes. This is the named, invocable form of the Pipeline Recovery rules in `references/SYSTEM-OVERVIEW.md` (bundled alongside this skill). Those rules still apply — this skill just gives them a front door. > **One question per turn.** Throughout this skill, ask one question at a time and wait for the user's answer before asking the next. Backtracking is a conversation, not a form. > > **Prefer single-select.** Use single-select multiple choice when the user is choosing one direction, one priority, or one next step. > > **Use multi-select rarely.** Reserve it for compatible sets — goals, constraints, non-goals, success criteria — that can all coexist. If prioritization matters, follow up asking which selected item is primary. > > **Use the platform's question tool when available.** In Claude Code, use `AskUserQuestion`; in Codex, `request_user_input`; in Gemini, `ask_user`. Otherwise, present numbered options in chat and wait for the user's reply before proceeding. ## Invocation Position This is a side-route skill that reconnects to the main pipeline at whichever earlier skill the diagnosis points to. Use `/correct-course` when any