Agent skill

Adversarial Review

by ropensci in ropensci/ckanr

Gets an independent critique of recent work and session direction from the adversarial-review subagent.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Adversarial Review

skills CLI
$ npx skills add ropensci/ckanr --skill adversarial-review -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install ropensci/ckanr adversarial-review --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/ropensci/ckanr.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/adversarial-review .claude/skills/adversarial-review && 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
adversarial-review
GitHub stars
104
Token cost
~522 tokens
SKILL.md length
197 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Gets an independent critique of recent work and session direction from the adversarial-review subagent.

  • A second opinion
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Hardest critique
  • Highest-value improvements

What it does

Adversarial Review is an agent skill from ropensci/ckanr. Gets an independent critique of recent work and session direction from the adversarial-review subagent. Use for a second opinion, hardest critique, or highest-value improvements.

Its SKILL.md is about 520 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Subagents. The repository describes itself as: R client for the CKAN API.

When your agent uses it

  • A second opinion
  • Hardest critique
  • Highest-value improvements

Example prompts

  • “/adversarial-review”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 8941780. 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

Adversarial Review loads about 522 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 49 tokens; SKILL.md has 197 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~49
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~522

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 197 words (~522 tokens).

“Launch exactly one adversarial-review subagent with:”

— opening of SKILL.md by ropensci, Custom licence
name
adversarial-review
metadata.opencode/autoinvoke
true

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/adversarial-review of ropensci/ckanr.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 8941780

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Adversarial Review next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Paseo Advisor Second Opiniongetpaseo/paseo20k1 repos~756Automated safety check: PassCustom licence

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Categories

Questions about Adversarial Review

What does Adversarial Review do?

Gets an independent critique of recent work and session direction from the adversarial-review subagent. Adversarial Review is an agent skill from ropensci/ckanr. Gets an independent critique of recent work and session direction from the adversarial-review subagent.

When should I use Adversarial Review?

Adversarial Review fits situations like: A second opinion; hardest critique; highest-value improvements.

How do I install Adversarial Review in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add ropensci/ckanr --skill adversarial-review -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/adversarial-review in ropensci/ckanr) into .claude/skills/adversarial-review in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Adversarial Review in Codex?

Run `npx skills add ropensci/ckanr --skill adversarial-review -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/adversarial-review in ropensci/ckanr) into .agents/skills/adversarial-review in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Adversarial Review 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 ropensci/ckanr --skill adversarial-review -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/adversarial-review, .gemini/skills/adversarial-review, .github/skills/adversarial-review and .opencode/skills/adversarial-review in your project.

What does Adversarial Review need to run?

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

Does Adversarial Review 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 Adversarial Review 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 Adversarial Review use?

Adversarial Review has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Adversarial Review use?

About 522 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.1k 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 Adversarial Review?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Adversarial Review: Claude Code Agent Development (anthropics/claude-plugins-official, 38k stars), Subagent Driven Development (Asvarox/allkaraoke, 261 stars), Dispatching Parallel Agents (ultralisp/ultralisp, 258 stars) and Reflect on Session Learnings (cursor/plugins, 11k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Adversarial Review?

ropensci (a GitHub organization) maintains it in ropensci/ckanr, which has 104 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

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