---
name: Sanity Check
slug: sanity-check
category: AI Engineering
description: Sanity Check asks an agent to summarize what is being built, why, progress so far, and whether the approach still makes sense. Use it for plain-language status checks and course correction.
github: "https://github.com/sterlingcrispin/claude_slash_commands/tree/main/sanitycheck"
stars: 200
forks: 18
install: "npx degit https://github.com/sterlingcrispin/claude_slash_commands/tree/main/sanitycheck ~/.claude/skills/sanitycheck"
installs_to: ~/.claude/skills/sanitycheck
source_path: sanitycheck/SKILL.md
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canonical_url: "https://dirskills.com/skills/sanity-check"
---

# Sanity Check

Sanity Check asks an agent to summarize what is being built, why, progress so far, and whether the approach still makes sense. Use it for plain-language status checks and course correction.

**Install:**

```bash
npx degit https://github.com/sterlingcrispin/claude_slash_commands/tree/main/sanitycheck ~/.claude/skills/sanitycheck
```

## README

Talk to me in plain language and gut check where we are at.

1) What is your understanding of what we are building?
2) Why are we building it?
3) What is the telos of it?
4) How are we approaching it?
5) What have we done so far?
6) How close are we to being done?
7) Do you have a clearly defined way of knowing you are done?
8) What is your current assessment of our approach, and progress?
9) What do you think we should keep doing, and change, if anything?
10) Any additional feedback or reflections or questions.