🧪 Design Skeptic
This skill stress-tests design proposals by challenging assumptions and exposing failure paths, edge cases, and overengineering risks to improve robustness.
npx playbooks add skill shotaiuchi/dotclaude --skill design-skeptic
About Design Skeptic
Design Skeptic specializes your AI coding agent in testing & qa — it this skill stress-tests design proposals by challenging assumptions and exposing failure paths, edge cases, and overengineering risks to improve robustness.
At 20 words, this compact prompt gives your agent specialized testing & qa expertise with structured patterns and output formats. Install via CLI or copy the prompt below.
Use Cases
- Writing unit, integration, and end-to-end tests
- Setting up test coverage and CI pipelines
- Refactoring legacy code with confidence using tests
- Creating test plans and QA checklists
Example Prompts
System Prompt (20 words)
This skill stress-tests design proposals by challenging assumptions and exposing failure paths, edge cases, and overengineering risks to improve robustness.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Design Skeptic?
Design Skeptic is a free testing & qa skill for AI coding agents. This skill stress-tests design proposals by challenging assumptions and exposing failure paths, edge cases, and overengineering risks to improve robustness.. It provides a specialized system prompt that configures your agent with testing & qa expertise.
How do I use Design Skeptic with Claude Code?
Run npx playbooks add skill shotaiuchi/dotclaude --skill design-skeptic in your terminal to install Design Skeptic into your Claude Code session. It works immediately after installation.
Which AI coding agents work with Design Skeptic?
Design Skeptic is compatible with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, OpenClaw, Cline, and any AI agent that supports custom system prompts or .cursorrules files.
Is Design Skeptic free to use?
Yes, Design Skeptic is completely free and open source. The full source is available on GitHub at https://github.com/shotaiuchi/dotclaude/tree/main/dotclaude/skills/design-skeptic. You only need a subscription to the AI agent you use it with.
