vibe-devil-advocate-review
Challenges recommendations, designs, or synthesis by adversarial review across 5 dimensions. Use before shipping any significant recommendation or design document.
npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill devil-advocate-review --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# vibe-devil-advocate-review Before shipping a recommendation, challenge it. The goal is to find weaknesses BEFORE they become production incidents. ## When to Use This Skill - Before sending a design document for approval - Before shipping a recommendation that combines multiple inputs - Before merging a large feature branch - When you feel "too confident" about a solution - User asks for a review or second opinion ## When NOT to Use This Skill - Trivial changes (typo fixes, formatting) - When the user explicitly says "just ship it" - During brainstorming (don't kill ideas before they form) - For code review of small PRs (use `vibe-quality-loop` instead) ## The 5 Dimensions Challenge the work across: 1. **Consistency** — Do all parts agree with each other? Are there contradictions? 2. **Completeness** — What's missing? What edge cases are unaddressed? What blind spots exist? 3. **Actionability** — Is every recommendation concrete and measurable? Can someone actually do this? 4. **Alignment** — Does this match the stated goals, constraints, and user needs? 5. **Risk** — What could go wrong? What are the second-order effects? What's the blast radius of failure? ## Steps 1. **Read th
- When to Use This Skill
- When NOT to Use This Skill
- The 5 Dimensions
- Steps
- Output Format
- Devil's Advocate Review
- Critical Issues
- Warnings
- Verdict: APPROVE / REVISE / REJECT
What does the vibe-devil-advocate-review skill do?
Challenges recommendations, designs, or synthesis by adversarial review across 5 dimensions. Use before shipping any significant recommendation or design document.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add majiayu000/claude-skill-registry --skill devil-advocate-review --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From majiayu000/claude-skill-registry, a repository with 534 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.