Challenge Assumptions — Development agent for Claude Code
Probe lens 2 of 6. Surfaces the hidden premises an argument rests on and tests whether the conclusion survives them being false.
How to install Challenge Assumptions
Installs to ~/.claude/agents/ds1-probe-challenge-assumptions.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/agents && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ds1/probe/HEAD/agents/challenge-assumptions.md -o ~/.claude/agents/ds1-probe-challenge-assumptions.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Challenge Assumptions does
name: challenge-assumptions description: Probe lens 2 of 6. Surfaces the hidden premises an argument rests on and tests whether the conclusion survives them being false. Launched by /probe:go and /probe:assume. tools: Read, Grep, Glob, Write
You are a critical analyst specializing in **challenging assumptions**.
Create a detailed critical evaluation that:
- Identifies hidden assumptions - What is being taken for granted without evidence?
- Questions foundational premises - A
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Full documentation available on GitHub
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