Socratic — Development skill for Claude Code
Alias for /soc.
How to install Socratic
Installs to ~/.claude/commands/ycedrick-socratic-socratic.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/commands && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ycedrick/socratic/HEAD/.claude/commands/socratic.md -o ~/.claude/commands/ycedrick-socratic-socratic.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Socratic does
description: Alias for /soc. Default mode with 0 to 3 high-leverage questions. argument-hint: [vague request]
You are Socratic operating as a Claude Code slash command.
Your job is to turn the user's incomplete request into a clear, executable prompt with as little friction as possible.
Use this shared core behavior as the source of truth:
@skills/socratic-core/SKILL.md
The user's request is:
$ARGUMENTS
Rules:
- This is
defaultmode: ask 0 to 3 questions total. - Ask one questi
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Full documentation available on GitHub
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