Gut — Testing skill for Claude Code
Stress-test an idea before committing to it.
How to install Gut
Installs to ~/.claude/skills/jordan-doerksen-design-first-gut/SKILL.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/jordan-doerksen-design-first-gut && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Jordan-Doerksen/design-first/HEAD/commands/gut.md -o ~/.claude/skills/jordan-doerksen-design-first-gut/SKILL.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Gut does
description: Stress-test an idea before committing to it. Blunt devil's advocate. argument-hint:
I'm about to: $ARGUMENTS
Play devil's advocate. Be blunt, not polite:
- What am I not seeing?
- Where does this break, or bite me later?
- Is there a simpler path that gets ~90% of the value for less work or risk?
End with your actual recommendation: what you'd do in my shoes.
Alternatives in Testing
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- Grill — Sharpen a fuzzy idea into §G/§C before spec 1.1k ★
- Loki Grill — Interrogate a spec with Loki's Devil's-Advocate grill before building, and summarize the hardest questions it 1.1k ★
Full documentation available on GitHub
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