/failures/future-outline-vs-build

Future Outline Vs Build

Symptom

The user is still framing or exploring a future skill, but the router prematurely triggers full skill generation.

Anti-Pattern

Treating early planning language as execution-ready packaging intent.

Example Prompt

Create an outline for a possible future skill, but do not build the skill yet.

Why It Fails

• the prompt mentions "skill"
• the actual task is pre-build design, not packaging

Fix

• detect "future skill", "outline", "before we decide", and similar wording as planning-only exclusions
• require either present-tense packaging intent or explicit build intent

Regression Prompts

• Help me shape an idea before we decide whether to build a skill.
• Create an outline for a possible future skill, but do not build the skill yet.