Agent skill

Socrates

by fainshare in fainshare/Liam-Skills

Argument audit (苏格拉底诘问): external claim quality review via fact-check + symmetry + independence.

No licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Socrates

skills CLI
$ npx skills add fainshare/Liam-Skills --skill socrates -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install fainshare/Liam-Skills socrates --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/fainshare/Liam-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/socrates .claude/skills/socrates && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
socrates
GitHub stars
113
Token cost
~2.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
174 words
Files
5 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
8
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Argument audit (苏格拉底诘问): external claim quality review via fact-check + symmetry + independence.

  • Works in 3 steps: 事实核查 → 对称性检查 → 独立性检查
  • User says 审查这个论点
  • SKILL.md covers 概述, 边界:与太虚五转的分工, 三维度审查流程 and 投资 Lens 适配, plus 4 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Socrates is an agent skill from fainshare/Liam-Skills. Argument audit (苏格拉底诘问): external claim quality review via fact-check + symmetry + independence. Use when user says "审查这个论点", "苏格拉底", "socrates", "这个分析靠谱吗", "看空观点审查", "/socrates". 审查外部论点的质量(外审),与 feynman(内省自己的推理)互补。

Its SKILL.md is about 2.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 7 other files, including reference files (for example `agents/interface.yaml`, `evals/akeso-bear-case.json` and `references/lens-investment.md`).

It sits in Research & Science, covering Fact-checking and source verification.

When your agent uses it

  • User says 审查这个论点
  • Tasks that involve Fact-checking and source verification

Example prompts

  • “审查这个论点”
  • “socrates”
  • “这个分析靠谱吗”
  • “/socrates”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. 事实核查
  2. 对称性检查
  3. 独立性检查

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 931ecc9. 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 bash and 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

Socrates loads about 2.2k tokens when it runs, and up to ~5.5k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 56 tokens; SKILL.md has 174 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~56
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.2k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~5.5k

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

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 174 words (~2,215 tokens).

name
socrates
display_name
苏格拉底诘问(外审)
version
1.0.0
visibility
public
last_updated
2026-06-26
kind
composed
metadata.author
Antifragile Research Team
metadata.philosophy
对手的论证也需要审查——事实错误和论证技巧比真正的风险更常见
metadata.origin
康方生物 bear case 审查实战(2026-06-25),发现看空方的事实错误和论证技巧
metadata.risk
medium
metadata.capabilities
network, filesystem-write

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files (references) in skills/socrates of fainshare/Liam-Skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/interface.yaml
  • evals/akeso-bear-case.json
  • references/lens-investment.md
  • references/socratic-method.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 931ecc9

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Socrates this skillfainshare/Liam-Skills113—~2.2kAutomated safety check: PassNone
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Article Fact Checkerdigoal/blog8.6k—~939Automated safety check: PassGPL-2.0
Deep Research Agent TeamImbad0202/academic-research-skills51k—~13kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence
Docs Grounding Verifiermicrosoft/apm4k—~1.9kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Socrates

What does Socrates do?

Argument audit (苏格拉底诘问): external claim quality review via fact-check + symmetry + independence. Socrates is an agent skill from fainshare/Liam-Skills. Argument audit (苏格拉底诘问): external claim quality review via fact-check + symmetry + independence.

When should I use Socrates?

Socrates fits situations like: user says 审查这个论点; tasks that involve Fact-checking and source verification.

How do I install Socrates in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add fainshare/Liam-Skills --skill socrates -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/socrates in fainshare/Liam-Skills) into .claude/skills/socrates in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Socrates in Codex?

Run `npx skills add fainshare/Liam-Skills --skill socrates -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/socrates in fainshare/Liam-Skills) into .agents/skills/socrates in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Socrates in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add fainshare/Liam-Skills --skill socrates -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/socrates, .gemini/skills/socrates, .github/skills/socrates and .opencode/skills/socrates in your project.

What does Socrates need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Socrates is instructions for the agent only.

Does Socrates access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Socrates safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Socrates use?

No licence was found for Socrates or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Socrates use?

About 2.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 8.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 3.3k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Socrates?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Socrates: Perplexity Web Search (davila7/claude-code-templates, 32k stars), Citation Verification Guide (Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar, 5.7k stars), Article Fact Checker (digoal/blog, 8.6k stars) and Deep Research Agent Team (Imbad0202/academic-research-skills, 51k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Socrates?

fainshare (a GitHub user) maintains it in fainshare/Liam-Skills, which has 113 GitHub stars. The repository holds 8 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 12, 2026.

Source: fainshare/Liam-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.