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See an idea through two committed extremes — a true believer and a hard skeptic — so you get the full range before settling in the middle.
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Install The Skeptic And The Believer
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill the-skeptic-and-the-believer -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills the-skeptic-and-the-believer --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer .claude/skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "the-skeptic-and-the-believer" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer into .claude/skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "the-skeptic-and-the-believer", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believerType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill the-skeptic-and-the-believer -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills the-skeptic-and-the-believer --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer .agents/skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "the-skeptic-and-the-believer" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer into .agents/skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "the-skeptic-and-the-believer", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill the-skeptic-and-the-believer -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills the-skeptic-and-the-believer --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer .cursor/skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "the-skeptic-and-the-believer" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer into .cursor/skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "the-skeptic-and-the-believer", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git --path skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill the-skeptic-and-the-believer -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills the-skeptic-and-the-believer --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer .gemini/skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "the-skeptic-and-the-believer" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer into .gemini/skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "the-skeptic-and-the-believer", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills the-skeptic-and-the-believerInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill the-skeptic-and-the-believer -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer .github/skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "the-skeptic-and-the-believer" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer into .github/skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "the-skeptic-and-the-believer", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill the-skeptic-and-the-believer -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills the-skeptic-and-the-believer --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer .opencode/skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "the-skeptic-and-the-believer" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer into .opencode/skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "the-skeptic-and-the-believer", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
the-skeptic-and-the-believer- GitHub stars
- 1.4k
- Token cost
- ~881 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 449 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 1,348
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
See an idea through two committed extremes — a true believer and a hard skeptic — so you get the full range before settling in the middle.
- Works in 5 steps: Let the believer go all in. The… → Let the skeptic go all in. The strongest… → Keep them from blending. Two… → …
- Asked should I believe this
- SKILL.md covers What This Skill Produces, Required Inputs, Framework: Both Extremes, Then… and Output Format, plus 3 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
The Skeptic And The Believer is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. See an idea through two committed extremes — a true believer and a hard skeptic — so you get the full range before settling in the middle. Use when asked should I believe this, is this hype or real, give me both sides, or how excited should I be about. Produces the believer's fullest bull case and the skeptic's sharpest bear case (each committed, not hedged), the crux question that separates them, and a grounded read on where the truth probably sits — great for evaluating claims, trends, opportunities, and your…
Its SKILL.md is about 880 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
The repository describes itself as: 1255 professional Agent Skills for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & Codex — PRDs, postmortems, leases, medical bills, layoffs, go-bags, new countries. Plain markdown, MIT, in… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Asked should I believe this
- Give me both sides
- How excited should I be about
Example prompts
- “s fullest bull case and the skeptic”
- “/the-skeptic-and-the-believer”
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Let the believer go all in. The strongest bull case, committed — every reason this is real and worth it, no hedging.
- Let the skeptic go all in. The strongest bear case, committed — every reason it's overhyped, flawed, or a trap.
- Keep them from blending. Two full-strength extremes reveal more than one balanced average.
- Find the crux. Identify the one question whose answer would settle which side is right — usually a fact, a timeframe, or a fit-to-you…
- Land it, grounded. Say where the truth likely sits given what's known, and what evidence would move it — without false balance if one side…
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1cbf1f0. 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.
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
The Skeptic And The Believer loads about 881 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 140 tokens; SKILL.md has 449 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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
The full file from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills at commit 1cbf1f0, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitagw15856). 449 words, ~881 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- the-skeptic-and-the-believer
- description
- See an idea through two committed extremes — a true believer and a hard skeptic — so you get the full range before settling in the middle. Use when asked should I believe this, is this hype or real, give me both sides, or how excited should I be about. Produces the believer's fullest bull case and the skeptic's sharpest bear case (each committed, not hedged), the crux question that separates them, and a grounded read on where the truth probably sits — great for evaluating claims, trends, opportunities, and your own enthusiasm.
The Skeptic and the Believer
When you're evaluating a claim, a trend, or your own excitement, a balanced take hides the real range. This splits it into two committed extremes: a believer who makes the fullest bull case and a skeptic who makes the sharpest bear case, neither hedging toward the other. Seeing both at full strength — then finding the crux between them — gets you to a grounded view faster than a cautious middle ever could.
What This Skill Produces
- The believer's case — the fullest, most compelling argument that this is real/great/worth it
- The skeptic's case — the sharpest argument that it's hype/flawed/not worth it
- The crux — the single question whose answer decides which side is right
- The grounded read — where the truth probably sits, and what you'd need to know to be sure
Required Inputs
Ask for these if not provided:
- The thing — the claim, trend, opportunity, product, or your own excitement about something
- Why it's on your radar — what's prompting the evaluation
- Your current lean — believer, skeptic, or genuinely unsure
- What's at stake — how much rides on getting it right
Framework: Both Extremes, Then The Crux
- Let the believer go all in. The strongest bull case, committed — every reason this is real and worth it, no hedging.
- Let the skeptic go all in. The strongest bear case, committed — every reason it's overhyped, flawed, or a trap.
- Keep them from blending. Two full-strength extremes reveal more than one balanced average.
- Find the crux. Identify the one question whose answer would settle which side is right — usually a fact, a timeframe, or a fit-to-you question.
- Land it, grounded. Say where the truth likely sits given what's known, and what evidence would move it — without false balance if one side is clearly stronger.
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Output Format
Evaluating: [the thing]
🙌 The Believer: [fullest bull case]. 🧐 The Skeptic: [sharpest bear case]. The crux: [the one question that decides it]. Grounded read: [where the truth probably sits + what would confirm it].
Quality Checks
- The believer and skeptic are both committed, not hedged
- The two cases genuinely oppose each other
- A single crux question is identified
- The grounded read is honest, not forced-balanced
- It names what evidence would resolve the question
Anti-Patterns
- Two lukewarm takes that basically agree.
- False balance when one side is clearly right.
- No crux — just two piles of points.
- A wishy-washy landing with no actual read.
Example Trigger Phrases
- "Is this trend real or hype? Give me both sides hard."
- "Should I believe the claims about this product?"
- "I'm really excited about this — believer vs skeptic, go."
- "Bull case and bear case on this investment idea."
- "Talk me through both extremes on whether this is worth it."
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Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0
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Questions about The Skeptic And The Believer
What does The Skeptic And The Believer do?
See an idea through two committed extremes — a true believer and a hard skeptic — so you get the full range before settling in the middle. The Skeptic And The Believer is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. See an idea through two committed extremes — a true believer and a hard skeptic — so you get the full range before settling in the middle.
When should I use The Skeptic And The Believer?
The Skeptic And The Believer fits situations like: asked should I believe this; give me both sides; how excited should I be about.
How do I install The Skeptic And The Believer in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill the-skeptic-and-the-believer -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install The Skeptic And The Believer in Codex?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill the-skeptic-and-the-believer -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use The Skeptic And The Believer 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill the-skeptic-and-the-believer -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer, .gemini/skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer, .github/skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer and .opencode/skills/the-skeptic-and-the-believer in your project.
What does The Skeptic And The Believer need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: The Skeptic And The Believer is instructions for the agent only.
Does The Skeptic And The Believer 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 The Skeptic And The Believer 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 The Skeptic And The Believer use?
The Skeptic And The Believer is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does The Skeptic And The Believer use?
About 881 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to The Skeptic And The Believer?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with The Skeptic And The Believer: Commit (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars), Commit (davila7/claude-code-templates, 33k stars), Commit (windmill-labs/windmill, 18k stars) and Commit (ccusage/ccusage, 19k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains The Skeptic And The Believer?
mohitagw15856 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, which has 1,434 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,348 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.
Source: mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.