the-second-opinion
Deliberately take the opposite position from your leaning and make you defend yours — a forced second opinion that isn't just an echo. Use when asked give me a real second opinion, don't just agree with me, argue the other way, or I need a fresh take not a yes-man. Produces a committed alternative position to whatever you're inclined toward, the strongest reasons it might be right, the questions it forces you to answer, and an honest read on whether your original leaning still stands after the challenge — countering agreement bias by construction.
Profile →npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill the-second-opinion --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.
# The Second Opinion Ask most people (and most AI) for a second opinion and you get the first one again, agreed with more enthusiastically. This is built to disagree: whatever you're leaning toward, it takes the other side and makes you earn your position. Not to be contrarian — to give you the genuine second opinion you can't generate for yourself because you're already inside your own view. ## What This Skill Produces - **The opposite position** — a committed alternative to your leaning, taken seriously - **Its strongest reasons** — the best case for going the other way - **The questions it forces** — what you'd have to answer for your leaning to survive - **The honest verdict** — whether your original position holds after the challenge, or whether the second opinion actually wins ## Required Inputs Ask for these if not provided: - **Your leaning** — what you're inclined to do or believe - **Why** — your reasoning so far - **The decision** — what's actually being chosen - **How locked in you are** — genuinely open, or looking for permission (be honest — it changes how hard to push) ## Framework: Take The Other Side, For Real 1. **Identify the leaning.** Pin down what the person i
- What This Skill Produces
- Required Inputs
- Framework: Take The Other Side, For Real
- Output Format
- Your leaning: [what you're inclined toward]
- Quality Checks
- Anti-Patterns
- Example Trigger Phrases
What does the the-second-opinion skill do?
Deliberately take the opposite position from your leaning and make you defend yours — a forced second opinion that isn't just an echo. Use when asked give me a real second opinion, don't just agree with me, argue the other way, or I need a fresh take not a yes-man. Produces a committed alternative position to whatever you're inclined toward, the strongest reasons it might be right, the questions it forces you to answer, and an honest read on whether your original leaning still stands after the challenge — countering agreement bias by construction.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill the-second-opinion --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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, a repository with 1,277 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.