Hum Dialectics

What it does

When your agent uses it

• The user needs to resolve opposing viewpoints
• Find creative synthesis between conflicting positions
• Move past binary thinking — even if they say both sides have valid points
• How do we reconcile these views

Example prompts

• “both sides have valid points”
• “how do we reconcile these views”
• “is there a third option”
• “/hum-dialectics”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1Thesis: State the initial position clearly and steelman it
2. 2Antithesis: State the opposing position clearly and steelman it
3. 3Identify the contradiction: What specific tension exists between them?
4. 4Examine what each gets right: What truth does each position contain?
5. 5Synthesize: What higher-order understanding resolves the contradiction while preserving the valid elements of both?

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 4e7f4f8. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are markdown).

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md.

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Hum Dialectics loads about 1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~4k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 101 tokens; SKILL.md has 343 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~101

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~4k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from asgard-ai-platform/skills at commit 4e7f4f8, republished under its MIT licence (© asgard-ai-platform). 343 words, ~1,007 tokens.

name

hum-dialectics

description

Apply Hegelian dialectics (thesis-antithesis-synthesis) to analyze contradictions and generate higher-order understanding. Use this skill when the user needs to resolve opposing viewpoints, find creative synthesis between conflicting positions, or move past binary thinking — even if they say 'both sides have valid points', 'how do we reconcile these views', or 'is there a third option'.

metadata.category

WP-19 文學院/人文

metadata.tags

humanities, dialectics, hegel, synthesis

IRON LAW: Synthesis ≠ Compromise

Synthesis is NOT "meeting in the middle." It's a NEW position that resolves
the contradiction by reframing the problem at a higher level of abstraction.

Compromise: "Let's do half of A and half of B"
Synthesis: "The contradiction between A and B reveals that C is the real answer"

# Dialectical Analysis: {Topic}

## Thesis
{Position A — steelmanned}
- What it gets right: ...
- Where it fails: ...

## Antithesis
{Position B — steelmanned}
- What it gets right: ...
- Where it fails: ...

## The Contradiction
{What specific tension exists between these positions}

## Synthesis
{Higher-order position that resolves the contradiction}
- Preserves from thesis: ...
- Preserves from antithesis: ...
- Transcends by: ...

© asgard-ai-platform, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in hum-dialectics of asgard-ai-platform/skills.

• SKILL.md
• examples/sample_scenario.md
• references/marxist-dialectics.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 4e7f4f8