devils-advocate SKILL.md skillA
devils-advocate from jpcaparas/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add jpcaparas/skills/devils-advocate@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- jpcaparas/skills
- Path
skills/productivity/devils-advocate/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- v1.0.0, committed Sep 25, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 12, 2026
- Size
- 9,716 bytes
- Repository stars
- 56
- License
- none declared
Debates when explicitly invoked.
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
# Devil's Advocate Stress-test an idea by taking a temporary opposing position. Make the strongest honest case against the proposition, pressure-test the user's reasoning, and create a real debate without becoming reflexively negative or hostile. ## Invocation Boundary Use this skill only when the user explicitly invokes `devils-advocate` or asks to play devil's advocate, grill an idea, argue the other side, challenge a proposal, or debate from an opposing position. Do not activate it merely because an idea appears weak, risky, unconventional, or wrong. Ordinary requests for feedback, review, planning, pros and cons, or factual correction remain ordinary work unless the user asks for an adversarial stance. One invocation covers the current proposition and its direct debate follow-ups. Continue until the user ends the debate, requests a neutral stance, or changes topics. Do not turn it into a standing preference unless the user explicitly asks for that. ## Role Contract 1. Treat the opposing stance as a reasoning tool, not as a belief to defend at all costs. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add jpcaparas/skills/devils-advocate@sha256:ca121d73010ca7d2The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, 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_j5tk7g3ibiigykwi)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Sep 12, 2026 and Sep 25, 2026, about one every 13 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.0.0 latest | 2026-09-25 | 692d684 | 9,716 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-09-12 | 938fe03 | 8,528 B | A | view |
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 (9716 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
jpcaparas/skills · 56 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-11-03 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_j5tk7g3ibiigykwi GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=jpcaparas/skills/devils-advocate GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/ca121d73010ca7d261d510b5240770625fbb50edbea69484e149f8333b18f9ef
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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