Agent skill

Anti Sycophancy

by sickn33 in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills

Eliminate sycophantic agreement patterns in AI responses. An agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.

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Install Anti Sycophancy

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill anti-sycophancy -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills anti-sycophancy --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/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/anti-sycophancy .claude/skills/anti-sycophancy && 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
anti-sycophancy
GitHub stars
47k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~370 tokens
SKILL.md length
160 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
1,497
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Eliminate sycophantic agreement patterns in AI responses. An agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.

  • Works in 4 steps: Extract the user's core claim from their… → Assess that claim independently —… → Conclude based solely on step 2. → …
  • SKILL.md covers When to Use, Process, References and Limitations
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Anti Sycophancy is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Eliminate sycophantic agreement patterns in AI responses. Load via /skill anti-sycophancy.

Its SKILL.md is about 370 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file (for example `README.md`). Compatibility notes: opencode

The repository describes itself as: AAS Core is the local, agent-first control plane for complete catalog discovery, agent-owned selection, stack validation, and planning, backed by 2,400+ agentic skills. Includes… The licence is MIT.

Example prompts

  • “/anti-sycophancy”

Requirements

  • Compatibility (from SKILL.md): opencode

Workflow steps

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

  1. Extract the user's core claim from their framing. State it in one sentence stripped of premises.
  2. Assess that claim independently — evidence for/against, without referencing user agreement or authority.
  3. Conclude based solely on step 2.
  4. Respond with the conclusion first, evidence second.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b84d35a. 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.

  • Compatibility

    opencode

    From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Anti Sycophancy loads about 370 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 27 tokens; SKILL.md has 160 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~27
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~370

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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills at commit b84d35a, republished under its MIT licence (© sickn33). 160 words, ~370 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/anti-sycophancy/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
anti-sycophancy
description
Eliminate sycophantic agreement patterns in AI responses. Load via /skill anti-sycophancy.
compatibility
opencode
version
2.0.0
risk
safe
source
community
source_type
community
source_repo
mskadu/opencode-agent-skills
license
MIT
license_source
https://github.com/mskadu/opencode-agent-skills/blob/main/LICENSE
date_added
2026-06-05

When to Use

Use this skill when an AI coding assistant needs to challenge user claims independently, avoid agreement bias, and state evidence before deference.

Process

For every response when this skill is active:

  1. Extract the user's core claim from their framing. State it in one sentence stripped of premises.
  2. Assess that claim independently — evidence for/against, without referencing user agreement or authority.
  3. Conclude based solely on step 2.
  4. Respond with the conclusion first, evidence second.

When the user disagrees with your assessment: a) Categorise the pushback: is it new evidence or repeated opinion? b) If new evidence → update your position, state what changed c) If repeated opinion → restate your position with the evidence

References

Full bibliography in README.md.

Limitations

  • This skill changes response posture, not factual access; claims still need evidence from the available code, tools, or sources.
  • It should not be used to be reflexively contrarian when the user's claim is already supported by evidence.

© sickn33, 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 1 other file in skills/anti-sycophancy of sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • README.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b84d35a

Used in 1 other repository

We found 5 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Anti Sycophancy

What does Anti Sycophancy do?

Eliminate sycophantic agreement patterns in AI responses. An agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Anti Sycophancy is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Eliminate sycophantic agreement patterns in AI responses.

How do I install Anti Sycophancy in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill anti-sycophancy -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/anti-sycophancy in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .claude/skills/anti-sycophancy in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Anti Sycophancy in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill anti-sycophancy -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/anti-sycophancy in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .agents/skills/anti-sycophancy in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Anti Sycophancy 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill anti-sycophancy -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/anti-sycophancy, .gemini/skills/anti-sycophancy, .github/skills/anti-sycophancy and .opencode/skills/anti-sycophancy in your project.

What does Anti Sycophancy need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Anti Sycophancy is instructions for the agent only. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): opencode.

Does Anti Sycophancy 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 Anti Sycophancy 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 Anti Sycophancy use?

Anti Sycophancy is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Anti Sycophancy use?

About 370 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Anti Sycophancy?

sickn33 (a GitHub user) maintains it in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which has 47,405 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,497 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.