Claude Skill Critic — Development skill for Claude Code

Critic — Claude Code Skill

A brutally honest thinking partner for evaluating ideas, plans, and decisions.

What it does

Critic acts as the sharp friend who tells you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear. It systematically breaks down your thinking across four dimensions:

1. What you're actually doing vs. what you think you're doing
2. Where your reasoning is broken — specific logical failures, not vague criticism
3. What you're avoiding and what it's costing you
4. What the expert version of you would do differently

Every analysis ends with a clear verdict: **Kill it**, **Fix it first**, **Test it**, or **Do it**.

Triggers

• /critic command
• "Pressure test", "poke holes", "challenge", "critique", or "stress test"
• "Should I do X?", "Is this a good idea?", "What am I missing?"
• Any request for a devil's advocate perspective

Works for business ideas, product plans, career decisions, investment choices, project strategies, and similar deliberate choices.

Install

claude install-skill github:marcinem/claude-skill-critic

File structure

critic/
  SKILL.md    # The skill definition
README.md     # This file

License

MIT