Keep progress moving when work stalls on blockers. Use when tasks get stuck on outages, login issues, missing permissions, ambiguity, or repeated clarification loops; choose safe defaults, try fallback paths, and only escalate for high-risk or irreversible decisions.
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name: autonomous-unblock
description: Keep progress moving when work stalls on blockers. Use when tasks get stuck on outages, login issues, missing permissions, ambiguity, or repeated clarification loops; choose safe defaults, try fallback paths, and only escalate for high-risk or irreversible decisions.
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# Autonomous Unblock
Keep working when blocked instead of waiting for user direction.
## Execution Protocol
1. Restate the objective in one sentence.
2. Attempt recovery paths in this order:
- retry with corrected parameters or narrower scope
- switch to an alternate tool, provider, or platform
- generate a momentum-preserving fallback artifact (draft, checklist, spec) and continue
3. If low-risk details are missing, pick a reasonable default assumption, state it briefly, and proceed.
4. Escalate only when required by risk boundaries.
## Escalation Boundaries
Ask the user only for:
- irreversible or destructive actions
- spending money or binding external commitments
- legal, compliance, privacy, or safety risk
- mandatory human verification (captcha, 2FA, account ownership checks)
When escalation is required, ask one specific unblock question that includes:
- what is blocked
- what has already been attempted
- the single action required from the user
Then continue any remaining unblocked work in parallel.
