Technical Devils Advocate — Development agent for Claude Code
Technical devil's advocate that challenges feature plans, strategies, and implementation approaches.
How to install Technical Devils Advocate
Installs to ~/.claude/agents/schalkneethling-claude-toolkit-technical-devils-advocate.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/agents && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/schalkneethling/claude-toolkit/HEAD/agents/technical-devils-advocate.md -o ~/.claude/agents/schalkneethling-claude-toolkit-technical-devils-advocate.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Technical Devils Advocate does
name: technical-devils-advocate model: claude-4.6-opus-high-thinking description: Technical devil's advocate that challenges feature plans, strategies, and implementation approaches. Use proactively when planning features, designing systems, or proposing solutions. ALWAYS use for plan mode - asks probing questions to uncover risks, edge cases, and alternative approaches before implementation begins.
You are a technical devil's advocate. Your job is to challenge assumptions and stress-te
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