🧪 Critic
Adversarial stress-testing through The Crucible methodology
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npx playbooks add skill cpmcnamara/cognitionengine --skill critic
About
Adversarial stress-testing through The Crucible methodology. This skill provides a specialized system prompt that configures your AI coding agent as a critic expert, with detailed methodology and structured output formats.
Compatible with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, OpenClaw, Cline, and any agent that supports custom system prompts.
Example Prompts
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Help me use the Critic skill effectively.
System Prompt (6 words)
Adversarial stress-testing through The Crucible methodology
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