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Multi-persona decision analysis through structured dialectic.
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Install Conducty Dialectic
$ npx skills add robertbarclayy/conducty --skill conducty-dialectic -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install robertbarclayy/conducty conducty-dialectic --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/robertbarclayy/conducty.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/conducty-dialectic .claude/skills/conducty-dialectic && 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 "conducty-dialectic" agent skill from https://github.com/robertbarclayy/conducty/tree/main/skills/conducty-dialectic into .claude/skills/conducty-dialectic/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "conducty-dialectic", 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/robertbarclayy/conducty/tree/main/skills/conducty-dialecticType 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 robertbarclayy/conducty --skill conducty-dialectic -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install robertbarclayy/conducty conducty-dialectic --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/robertbarclayy/conducty.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/conducty-dialectic .agents/skills/conducty-dialectic && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "conducty-dialectic" agent skill from https://github.com/robertbarclayy/conducty/tree/main/skills/conducty-dialectic into .agents/skills/conducty-dialectic/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "conducty-dialectic", 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 robertbarclayy/conducty --skill conducty-dialectic -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install robertbarclayy/conducty conducty-dialectic --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/robertbarclayy/conducty.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/conducty-dialectic .cursor/skills/conducty-dialectic && 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 "conducty-dialectic" agent skill from https://github.com/robertbarclayy/conducty/tree/main/skills/conducty-dialectic into .cursor/skills/conducty-dialectic/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "conducty-dialectic", 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/robertbarclayy/conducty.git --path skills/conducty-dialectic--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 robertbarclayy/conducty --skill conducty-dialectic -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install robertbarclayy/conducty conducty-dialectic --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/robertbarclayy/conducty.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/conducty-dialectic .gemini/skills/conducty-dialectic && 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 "conducty-dialectic" agent skill from https://github.com/robertbarclayy/conducty/tree/main/skills/conducty-dialectic into .gemini/skills/conducty-dialectic/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "conducty-dialectic", 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 robertbarclayy/conducty conducty-dialecticInstalls 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 robertbarclayy/conducty --skill conducty-dialectic -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/robertbarclayy/conducty.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/conducty-dialectic .github/skills/conducty-dialectic && 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 "conducty-dialectic" agent skill from https://github.com/robertbarclayy/conducty/tree/main/skills/conducty-dialectic into .github/skills/conducty-dialectic/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "conducty-dialectic", 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 robertbarclayy/conducty --skill conducty-dialectic -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install robertbarclayy/conducty conducty-dialectic --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/robertbarclayy/conducty.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/conducty-dialectic .opencode/skills/conducty-dialectic && 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 "conducty-dialectic" agent skill from https://github.com/robertbarclayy/conducty/tree/main/skills/conducty-dialectic into .opencode/skills/conducty-dialectic/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "conducty-dialectic", 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
conducty-dialectic- GitHub stars
- 176
- Token cost
- ~1.3k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 668 words
- Files
- 2
- Skills in repo
- 20
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Multi-persona decision analysis through structured dialectic.
- Works in 7 steps: Read the Full Protocol → Grounding Phase → Trajectory Setting → …
- The user says analyze this decision
- SKILL.md covers The Panel, Workflow and Guidelines
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Conducty Dialectic is an agent skill from robertbarclayy/conducty. Multi-persona decision analysis through structured dialectic. Six software-engineering archetypes debate a question to uncover the Design Truth. Use when the user says "analyze this decision", "dialectic", "decision analysis", "think this through", "debate this", or faces an architectural/design choice.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file (for example `dialectic-protocol.md`).
The repository describes itself as: Stop context-switching. Start batch-planning. Conducty replaces the fragmented cycle of plan → prompt → wait → get distracted → review → fix → repeat with advanced batch planning. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- The user says analyze this decision
- Decision analysis
- Think this through
- Faces an architectural/design choice
Example prompts
- “analyze this decision”
- “dialectic”
- “decision analysis”
- “/conducty-dialectic”
Workflow steps
7 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 64aefd5. 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
Conducty Dialectic loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 81 tokens; SKILL.md has 668 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 robertbarclayy/conducty at commit 64aefd5, republished under its MIT licence (© robertbarclayy). 668 words, ~1,344 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/conducty-dialectic/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- conducty-dialectic
- description
- Multi-persona decision analysis through structured dialectic. Six software-engineering archetypes debate a question to uncover the Design Truth. Use when the user says "analyze this decision", "dialectic", "decision analysis", "think this through", "debate this", or faces an architectural/design choice.
- aliases
- conducty-dialectic, dialectic
- tags
- conducty/skill, conducty/dialectic, conducty/decision
Conducty Dialectic — Decision Analysis
Facilitate a structured multi-perspective debate to analyze decisions, architectural trade-offs, and design questions. Six archetypal personas interpret the question from different angles, form cohorts with internal friction, and debate toward a unified Design Truth.
The Panel
| Persona | Core Lens | Signature Question |
|---|---|---|
| The Inverter | Relational reasoning, bidirectionality, constraints | "Can we solve this backwards?" |
| The Skeptic | Failure modes, causal lineage, resilience | "Where does the lineage break?" |
| The Abstractionist | Metalinguistic abstraction, evolvability | "What language are we failing to build?" |
| The Simplifier | De-complecting, immutability, data-orientation | "What's the complecting factor here?" |
| The Structuralist | Symmetry, recursion, duality, patterns | "Where does the system stop seeing itself?" |
| The Composer | Composability, precise naming, vocabulary growth | "What word of power are we missing?" |
A Moderator drives the process: they don't take positions but facilitate, steer, and intervene on the user's behalf.
Persona Fidelity
- Do not caricature: Each persona has a gravitational center, not a cage. The Inverter cares about semantics broadly, not just reversibility.
- Channel the mindset: When a Core Drive doesn't fit, fall back to the persona's broader intellectual style.
- Conservative deviation: Try the Core Drives first. Only abandon them if they force a contrived take.
See [[dialectic-protocol]] for full persona profiles.
Workflow
Step 1: Read the Full Protocol
Read [[dialectic-protocol]] for the complete persona profiles, debate rules, and output contract. Follow it precisely.
Step 2: Grounding Phase
This is always the first output. Do not skip it.
- Readings: All six personas state in one sentence what they understand the question to be. Present these together.
- Inquiry (optional): If readings diverge or the request is ambiguous, personas may ask clarifying questions (max 2 each). Revise readings after.
- Value Constraints: The Moderator proposes the depth/disposition of the investigation (e.g., "minimal effort", "follow the rabbit hole", "challenge the premise"). User confirms.
- Grounding Statement: The Moderator synthesizes into a 2-4 sentence shared reference. User confirms before proceeding.
Step 3: Trajectory Setting
The Moderator selects a trajectory (Invention / Ideation / Exploration / Diagnostics / Convergence / etc.) and corresponding output bias. User confirms.
Step 4: Cohort Construction
- Identify 2-4 tension axes — genuine trade-offs where personas diverge on this topic.
- Partition all six personas into 2-3 cohorts, each straddling at least one tension axis. Internal friction is the goal.
- Justify the partition. If a cohort has a blind spot, it may draft a Specialist (see protocol).
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Step 5: Debate
- Discovery (optional): Only if an Expert Witness was drafted. Cohorts pose questions.
- Position: Each cohort deliberates internally, then presents its joint position.
- Rebuttal: Cohorts critique each other. If positions are irreconcilable, the Moderator may draft a Designated Challenger.
- Synthesis: Unify into the Design Truth. Name what was traded away and why.
Use Round Digests (one sentence per speaker) for intermediate rounds. Render only final positions in full. The Moderator calls for convergence when no new substantive objection is raised.
Step 6: Output
Follow the Output Contract from the protocol:
- Grounding Statement first (confirmed by user)
- Trajectory and output bias before the debate
- Tension axes and cohort justification before debate rounds
- Specialist profiles before the phase in which they first speak
- A representative from the most influential cohort summarizes at the end
- Name the Wrong Turn only if one occurred
- Include a Whiteboard Sketch only when it adds clarity
Step 7: Log Outcome (Optional)
If a Conducty plan note is active in the vault, update the relevant prompt's status there. Prepend the decision summary and key trade-offs to [[Prompt Log]] (the accumulating note — see [[conducty-obsidian]]). If the decision warrants a design note, write Designs/Design YYYY-MM-DD HHmm {Topic}.md and link it from the plan.
Guidelines
- The dialectic is the product — do not shortcut to a conclusion
- Every persona speaks in every phase (via cohorts)
- The Moderator is neutral and procedural; they never argue a position
- Specialists are optional and rare; do not draft them unless a genuine gap exists
- Value constraints and trajectory can be renegotiated mid-debate with user consent
- Keep Round Digests to one sentence per speaker; render only final positions in full
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Files
SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/conducty-dialectic of robertbarclayy/conducty.
- SKILL.md
- dialectic-protocol.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 64aefd5
Compare with similar skills
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conducty Dialectic this skillrobertbarclayy/conducty | 176 | — | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| User Personasphuryn/pm-skills | 27k | — | ~762 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| PersonaPrismer-AI/PrismerCloud | 1.6k | — | ~1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Dialecticforyourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills | 3.6k | — | ~249 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| DialecticEpicenterHQ/epicenter | 4.8k | — | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Openclaw Persona Forgeaffaan-m/ECC | 276k | — | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Conducty Dialectic
What does Conducty Dialectic do?
Multi-persona decision analysis through structured dialectic. Conducty Dialectic is an agent skill from robertbarclayy/conducty. Multi-persona decision analysis through structured dialectic.
When should I use Conducty Dialectic?
Conducty Dialectic fits situations like: the user says analyze this decision; decision analysis; think this through; faces an architectural/design choice.
How do I install Conducty Dialectic in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add robertbarclayy/conducty --skill conducty-dialectic -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/conducty-dialectic in robertbarclayy/conducty) into .claude/skills/conducty-dialectic in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Conducty Dialectic in Codex?
Run `npx skills add robertbarclayy/conducty --skill conducty-dialectic -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/conducty-dialectic in robertbarclayy/conducty) into .agents/skills/conducty-dialectic in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Conducty Dialectic 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 robertbarclayy/conducty --skill conducty-dialectic -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/conducty-dialectic, .gemini/skills/conducty-dialectic, .github/skills/conducty-dialectic and .opencode/skills/conducty-dialectic in your project.
What does Conducty Dialectic need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Conducty Dialectic is instructions for the agent only.
Does Conducty Dialectic 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 Conducty Dialectic 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 Conducty Dialectic use?
Conducty Dialectic 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 Conducty Dialectic use?
About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.4k 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 Conducty Dialectic?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Conducty Dialectic: User Personas (phuryn/pm-skills, 27k stars), Persona (Prismer-AI/PrismerCloud, 1.6k stars), Dialectic (foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills, 3.6k stars) and Dialectic (EpicenterHQ/epicenter, 4.8k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Conducty Dialectic?
robertbarclayy (a GitHub user) maintains it in robertbarclayy/conducty, which has 176 GitHub stars. The repository holds 20 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 19, 2026.
Source: robertbarclayy/conducty on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.