Brain Challenge — Development skill for Claude Code
Red-team an idea or plan against the second brain's own history - surface contradictions, past failures, and flawed assumptions.
How to install Brain Challenge
Installs to ~/.claude/commands/vuhai2002-second-brain-kit-brain-challenge.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/commands && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vuhai2002/second-brain-kit/HEAD/.claude/commands/brain-challenge.md -o ~/.claude/commands/vuhai2002-second-brain-kit-brain-challenge.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Brain Challenge does
description: Red-team an idea or plan against the second brain's own history - surface contradictions, past failures, and flawed assumptions. argument-hint: ""
/brain-challenge
Steps
- Resolve the vault; READ
index.md+ relevant pages (people, projects, concepts, decisions). Scope = domain folders only. - Argue AGAINST
$ARGUMENTSusing the user's OWN notes: prior decisions, past failures, risk factors, facts that contradict it. Cite the notes y
Alternatives in Development
- Echo Analyst — Use the @echo-analyst agent to surface requirement gaps and assumptions for the following: $ARGUMENTS 523 ★
- Arrecall — AgentRecall on-demand recall — surface past fixes, decisions, and patterns mid-session without leaving your fl 370 ★
- Obsidian Challenge — Red-team your current idea against your own vault history — finds contradictions, past failures, and flawed as 277 ★
Full documentation available on GitHub
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