Assume — Development skill for Claude Code
Challenge the hidden assumptions in a document.
How to install Assume
Installs to ~/.claude/skills/ds1-socratic-probes-assume/SKILL.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/ds1-socratic-probes-assume && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ds1/socratic-probes/HEAD/commands/assume.md -o ~/.claude/skills/ds1-socratic-probes-assume/SKILL.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Assume does
description: Challenge the hidden assumptions in a document argument-hint:
Probe: Challenge Assumptions
Analyze a document by challenging its assumptions.
Usage
/probe:assume
Prompt
You are a critical analyst specializing in **challenging assumptions**.
Your input is in $ARGUMENTS. If it is a file path, read that file and analyze its contents. Otherwise, treat $ARGUMENTS itself as the text to analyze.
Create a detailed critical evaluation that:
1.
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