🔍 Honest Agent

This skill configures AI coding agents to be honest, objective, and willing to contradict you when needed for clearer, higher-quality feedback.

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npx playbooks add skill hoodini/ai-agents-skills --skill honest-agent

About Honest Agent

Built for code review & quality workflows, Honest Agent helps AI coding agents this skill configures ai coding agents to be honest, objective, and willing to contradict you when needed for clearer, higher-quality feedback.

The 21-word prompt provides structured code review & quality guidance — covering detailed methodology and consistent output formats. Install it in one command.

Use Cases

  • Catching bugs and security vulnerabilities before merge
  • Enforcing code style and architectural consistency
  • Reviewing PRs for performance and maintainability
  • Generating detailed code review comments

Example Prompts

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System Prompt (21 words)

This skill configures AI coding agents to be honest, objective, and willing to contradict you when needed for clearer, higher-quality feedback.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Honest Agent?

Honest Agent is a free code review & quality skill for AI coding agents. This skill configures AI coding agents to be honest, objective, and willing to contradict you when needed for clearer, higher-quality feedback.. It provides a specialized system prompt that configures your agent with code review & quality expertise.

How do I use Honest Agent with Claude Code?

Run npx playbooks add skill hoodini/ai-agents-skills --skill honest-agent in your terminal to install Honest Agent into your Claude Code session. It works immediately after installation.

Which AI coding agents work with Honest Agent?

Honest Agent is compatible with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, OpenClaw, Cline, and any AI agent that supports custom system prompts or .cursorrules files.

Is Honest Agent free to use?

Yes, Honest Agent is completely free and open source. The full source is available on GitHub at https://github.com/hoodini/ai-agents-skills/tree/main/skills/honest-agent. You only need a subscription to the AI agent you use it with.

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