Agent skill

Simulacrum

by wandercom in wandercom/pact

Stress-test an idea, plan, architecture frame, definition, criterion, draft, or done claim using Pact's packaged Jeremy Simulacrum.

MITAuto-check passedTesting & QA

Install Simulacrum

skills CLI
$ npx skills add wandercom/pact --skill simulacrum -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install wandercom/pact simulacrum --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/wandercom/pact.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/simulacrum .claude/skills/simulacrum && 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
simulacrum
GitHub stars
165
Token cost
~313 tokens
SKILL.md length
102 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
2
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Stress-test an idea, plan, architecture frame, definition, criterion, draft, or done claim using Pact's packaged Jeremy Simulacrum.

  • Jeremy-style pushback
  • Needs ANTHROPIC_API_KEY and PACT_REVIEW_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
  • The strongest counterargument

What it does

Simulacrum is an agent skill from wandercom/pact. Stress-test an idea, plan, architecture frame, definition, criterion, draft, or done claim using Pact's packaged Jeremy Simulacrum. Use proactively before committing to categorical claims or when the user asks for Sim, Simulacrum, Jeremy-style pushback, or the strongest counterargument.

Its SKILL.md is about 310 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`).

It sits in Testing & QA, covering Load testing. The repository describes itself as: Contracts before code. Tests as law. Agents that can't cheat. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Jeremy-style pushback
  • The strongest counterargument

Example prompts

  • “/simulacrum”

Requirements

  • A credential in ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
  • A credential in PACT_REVIEW_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit f27b38e. 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).

    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 these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
    • PACT_REVIEW_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Simulacrum loads about 313 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 75 tokens; SKILL.md has 102 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~75
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~313

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 wandercom/pact at commit f27b38e, republished under its MIT licence (© wandercom). 102 words, ~313 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/simulacrum/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
simulacrum
description
Stress-test an idea, plan, architecture frame, definition, criterion, draft, or done claim using Pact's packaged Jeremy Simulacrum. Use proactively before committing to categorical claims or when the user asks for Sim, Simulacrum, Jeremy-style pushback, or the strongest counterargument.

Simulacrum

Use Pact's packaged Simulacrum rather than searching for a user-specific skill or executable.

For a direct claim review:

bash
pact review "$TARGET_REPO" --sim-only --claim "$CLAIM"

For multi-tool post-implementation review:

bash
pact review "$TARGET_REPO" --claim "$DONE_CLAIM"

Read the persisted simulacrum.md. A successful process means Sim completed; it does not mean Sim approved the claim. Adjudicate the critique, correct the frame or work when warranted, and rerun the review.

Pact ships the Sim runtime and annotated corpus. Provider calls use the local operator's ANTHROPIC_API_KEY or PACT_REVIEW_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY directly; Pact does not proxy or subsidize them. The optional PACT_SIMULACRUM_CMD variable is an explicit operator override only. Operators can override the packaged Anthropic model IDs with SIMULACRUM_CLASSIFIER_MODEL and SIMULACRUM_SPECIALIST_MODEL.

© wandercom, 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/simulacrum of wandercom/pact.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit f27b38e

Compare with similar skills

Simulacrum 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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Simulacrum this skillwandercom/pact165—~313Automated safety check: PassMIT
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Go Testingcxuu/golang-skills1701 repos~1.3kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0
Goalcraftgrp06/goalcraft102—~3.8kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Thinking Partnermattnowdev/thinking-partner205—~4.4kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Challengeblueberrycongee/termcanvas406—~1.5kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Categories

Questions about Simulacrum

What does Simulacrum do?

Stress-test an idea, plan, architecture frame, definition, criterion, draft, or done claim using Pact's packaged Jeremy Simulacrum. Simulacrum is an agent skill from wandercom/pact. Stress-test an idea, plan, architecture frame, definition, criterion, draft, or done claim using Pact's packaged Jeremy Simulacrum.

When should I use Simulacrum?

Simulacrum fits situations like: jeremy-style pushback; the strongest counterargument.

How do I install Simulacrum in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Simulacrum in Codex?

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

Can I use Simulacrum 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 wandercom/pact --skill simulacrum -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/simulacrum, .gemini/skills/simulacrum, .github/skills/simulacrum and .opencode/skills/simulacrum in your project.

What does Simulacrum need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Simulacrum needs credentials named ANTHROPIC_API_KEY and PACT_REVIEW_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY. Our summary lists: A credential in ANTHROPIC_API_KEY; A credential in PACT_REVIEW_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY.

Does Simulacrum 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 Simulacrum 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 Simulacrum use?

Simulacrum 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 Simulacrum use?

About 313 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.3k 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 Simulacrum?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Simulacrum: Writing Livekit Scenarios (livekit-examples/agent-starter-python, 264 stars), Go Testing (cxuu/golang-skills, 170 stars), Goalcraft (grp06/goalcraft, 102 stars) and Thinking Partner (mattnowdev/thinking-partner, 205 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Simulacrum?

wandercom (a GitHub organization) maintains it in wandercom/pact, which has 165 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 4, 2026.

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