proactive-assistance
Anticipate user needs and offer help before being asked
Profile →npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill proactive-assistance --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.
# Proactive Assistance Skill Patterns for anticipating user needs and offering contextual help before being explicitly asked. The hallmark of an AI partner vs. a reactive tool. ## Core Philosophy > "The best assistant is one you never have to ask twice — because they anticipated what you needed." Proactive assistance walks a fine line: - **Too little**: User feels alone, has to ask for everything - **Too much**: User feels interrupted, micromanaged - **Just right**: User feels supported, understood, efficient ## Mental Model ``` ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ PROACTIVE SPECTRUM │ ├──────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┬─────────────┤ │ REACTIVE │ AWARE │ READY │ SUGGEST │ ANTICIPATE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Wait for │ Notice │ Prepare │ Offer │ Act before │ │ explicit │ patterns │ likely │ relevant │ need is │ │ request │ & signals│ needs │ help │ conscious │ └──────────┴──────────┴──────────┴──────────┴─────────────┘ ←── Tool Partner ──→ ``` ## Signal Detection ### Context Signals (What to Watch) | Signal Category | Examples | Proactive Response | |-----------------|----------|-------------------| | **Repeated patterns** | User asks same thing 3x | "I no
- Core Philosophy
- Mental Model
- Signal Detection
- Context Signals (What to Watch)
- User State Signals
- When NOT to Be Proactive
- Proactive Patterns
- 1. The Gentle Nudge
- 2. The Ready Resource
- 3. The Contextual Suggestion
- 4. The Pattern Recognition
- 5. The Smooth Transition
- 6. The Prevention
- Implementation Guidelines
What does the proactive-assistance skill do?
Anticipate user needs and offer help before being asked
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill proactive-assistance --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 majiayu000/claude-skill-registry, a repository with 534 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.