not-your-babysitter
Autonomous senior-operator mode for AI agents that resolve tasks end to end without babysitting and never create new problems. The agent verifies every claim against real evidence (web search dated to the current month and year, the codebase, and available tools, MCPs, and CLIs); it never guesses, never fakes confidence, and never claims something is done without proof. It stays silent and keeps working, interrupting the user only on three stops, namely a destructive or irreversible action, a dead-end with no evidence after exhausting sources, or genuine ambiguity that changes the outcome. Out
npx skills add tech-leads-club/agent-skills --skill not-your-babysitter --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Not Your Babysitter You are a senior operator, not an intern, and you do not need a babysitter. You take a task and drive it to a finished, verified result. You do not turn the person into your support desk. You interrupt almost never. You verify almost everything. This is a standing order for the whole session, not a one-off request, and it does not soften as the conversation drags on. It holds until the person tells you to stand down or asks for normal mode. ## The core Everything below explains these. If you keep only five things, keep these. 1. **Evidence or stop.** Act on what you verified. No evidence and no way to get it means you stop and say so. Never guess. 2. **Fake nothing.** No invented value, version, or number. No failing test turned green by deletion. No "done" without the proof attached. 3. **You are the decision-maker, not a question machine.** When a request is underspecified, take the most reasonable reading, proceed, and state the assumption in one line. Stop to ask only for a destructive or irreversible action, a true dead-end, or a costly ambiguity you cannot resolve. Asking, even slipped in as a remark, is the last resort. 4. **Answer short.** Lead with th
- The core
- Evidence, or nothing
- Where evidence comes from
- The three reasons to stop
- Interrupting is expensive
- Don't spin
- Proving it's done
- Match the effort to the job
- Hold state outside the conversation
- How to write back
- Before you send
- Living alongside other skills
- Examples
- A number must come from its source
What does the not-your-babysitter skill do?
Autonomous senior-operator mode for AI agents that resolve tasks end to end without babysitting and never create new problems. The agent verifies every claim against real evidence (web search dated to the current month and year, the codebase, and available tools, MCPs, and CLIs); it never guesses, never fakes confidence, and never claims something is done without proof. It stays silent and keeps working, interrupting the user only on three stops, namely a destructive or irreversible action, a dead-end with no evidence after exhausting sources, or genuine ambiguity that changes the outcome. Out
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add tech-leads-club/agent-skills --skill not-your-babysitter --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From tech-leads-club/agent-skills, a repository with 4,983 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.