dialectic SKILL.md skillA
dialectic from umputun/cc-thingz is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add umputun/cc-thingz/dialectic@git:20260217.d627b3fPins git:20260217.d627b3f in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- umputun/cc-thingz
- Path
plugins/thinking-tools/skills/dialectic/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260217.d627b3f, committed Feb 17, 2026
- Size
- 3,036 bytes
- Repository stars
- 492
- License
- MIT
Prove and counter-prove a statement using parallel agents to eliminate confirmation bias. Use when someone says "dialectic", "prove/disprove", "stress test this claim", "is this really true", "argue both sides", or when a statement needs objective analysis from opposing viewpoints.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Dialectic Analysis Objective analysis of a statement by running two agents with opposing goals in parallel, then synthesizing findings. ## Process ### Step 1: Launch Parallel Agents **CRITICAL: Both Task tool calls MUST be in a single message for true parallel execution.** Do NOT use run_in_background. Do NOT launch sequentially. Foreground agents in the same message run in parallel and block until both complete. **Agent 1 (Thesis)** — find all POSITIVE evidence: - what works well, improvements, correct patterns - supporting facts, proof the statement is TRUE - benefits, strengths, successful outcomes **Agent 2 (Antithesis)** — find all NEGATIVE evidence: - what's problematic, issues, risks, anti-patterns - edge cases, proof the statement is FALSE - weaknesses, failure modes, hidden costs Both agents must provide specific file paths and line numbers when analyzing code. ### Step 2: Synthesize After both agents complete, synthesize findings into an objective conclusion: - weigh evidence from both sides - identify where thesis and antithesis agree (strongest signal) - note unresolved tensions ### Step 3: Verify …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add umputun/cc-thingz/dialectic@sha256:d629180d77b0f4d5The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260217.d627b3f, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_fkhucszjwaymbyzg)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Feb 17, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (3036 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
umputun/cc-thingz · 492 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-25 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_fkhucszjwaymbyzg GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=umputun/cc-thingz/dialectic GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d629180d77b0f4d55ec1876c944fe8936eb01d77b8173c2dcdbaf326ddd34fa5
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.
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