RoundTable02

Socrates Skill — Development skill for Claude Code

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Socratic method teaching skill for Claude Code — guides users to discover answers through questioning.

How to install Socrates Skill

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open RoundTable02/socrates-skill and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

What Socrates Skill does

Socratic method teaching skill for Claude Code — guides users to discover answers through questioning.

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README

Socrates Skill

**Never answers. Always asks.** A Socratic method teaching skill that guides you to discover answers through questioning — for any knowledge asset.

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Quick Install

npx skills add RoundTable02/socrates-skill

Other installation methods

**Claude Code**

claude install-skill RoundTable02/socrates-skill

**Manual (Git clone)**

git clone https://github.com/RoundTable02/socrates-skill.git ~/.claude/skills/socrates

What It Does

Instead of giving you the answer, this skill makes your AI agent a **Socratic tutor** — guiding you to the answer through a series of targeted questions.

Works with **any knowledge asset**:

Source code & codebases
Markdown / PDF / DOCX documents
API documentation
Configuration files
Architecture diagrams
Any readable content

Trigger

Include any of these keywords in your message:

Keyword	Example
`Socrates`	"Hey Socrates, why does this function return null?"
`socratic`	"Socratic mode — walk me through this auth flow"
`소크라테스`	"소크라테스님, 이 문제는 어떻게 풀어야 할까요?"

Usage Examples

Socratic: help me understand the authentication flow in this codebase

Use socratic method to explore the performance issues in this code

Socrates — guide me through this PDF paper's core argument

How It Works

The skill follows a 5-step questioning workflow:

Read — Silently analyzes the target resource
Assess — Asks an opening question to gauge your understanding
Guide — Progressively deeper questions (clarifying → probing → connecting → cou