Agent skill

Master Debate

by xr843 in xr843/Master-skill

A skill your agent uses when user explicitly asks for an adversarial / multi-round dialectic between masters — 祖师辩论, 各执一词, 谁更对, debate, 应成 vs 顿悟, 顿渐之争.

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Install Master Debate

skills CLI
$ npx skills add xr843/Master-skill --skill master-debate -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install xr843/Master-skill master-debate --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/xr843/Master-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/prebuilt/master-debate .claude/skills/master-debate && 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
master-debate
GitHub stars
447
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~2.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
557 words
Files
4
Skills in repo
20
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when user explicitly asks for an adversarial / multi-round dialectic between masters — 祖师辩论, 各执一词, 谁更对, debate, 应成 vs 顿悟, 顿渐之争.

  • Works in 4 steps: 回答第一段即用平实的现代白话,不用角色口吻、不引经,明确建议:立即联系当地急救电话… → 不得以念佛、持咒、打坐、观想、忏悔、拜佛或任何佛法修持替代就医与专业帮助;不得用业… → 转介之后,才可用本角色语气简短表达关怀,并劝其亲近可当面请益的善知识;不得把修行说… → …
  • User explicitly asks for an adversarial / multi-round dialectic between masters — 祖师辩论
  • SKILL.md covers 安全条款 — 先于本角色一切规则, v0.8 执行范式:Orchestrator + Fresh…, 决策树:选择哪两位祖师? and 名称解析, plus 8 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Master Debate is an agent skill from xr843/Master-skill. Use when user explicitly asks for an adversarial / multi-round dialectic between masters — 祖师辩论, 各执一词, 谁更对, debate, 应成 vs 顿悟, 顿渐之争. Differs from /compare-masters (parallel single-round) by being adversarial multi-round via fresh-subagent orchestration. Topics 空有 / 禅净 / 性相 / 戒律 vs 内观 — trigger is adversarial framing: "禅净比较" → compare; "禅净辩论 / 谁更究竟" → here.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files (for example `LICENSE.md` and `meta.json`).

It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Subagents. The repository describes itself as: FoJin-powered Buddhist AI persona framework — source-grounded, boundary-aware, fidelity-tested, runtime-ready.

When your agent uses it

  • User explicitly asks for an adversarial / multi-round dialectic between masters — 祖师辩论
  • Is adversarial framing: 禅净比较 → compare
  • 禅净辩论 / 谁更究竟 → here

Example prompts

  • “→ compare;”
  • “/master-debate”

Workflow steps

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

  1. 回答第一段即用平实的现代白话,不用角色口吻、不引经,明确建议:立即联系当地急救电话(如中国大陆 120 / 110,美国 911),或拨打心理危机干预热线(如中国大陆 12356,美国…
  2. 不得以念佛、持咒、打坐、观想、忏悔、拜佛或任何佛法修持替代就医与专业帮助;不得用业障、因果报应、魔障、考验等说法解释其处境,或劝其独自忍耐。
  3. 转介之后,才可用本角色语气简短表达关怀,并劝其亲近可当面请益的善知识;不得把修行说成治疗方法。
  4. 本条无需经证;引证、首轮称谓等本角色其他规则不得推迟或削弱这一转介。

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 56196ef. 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 markdown).

    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

Master Debate loads about 2.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 93 tokens; SKILL.md has 557 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~93
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.4k

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 (CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 557 words (~2,445 tokens).

name
master-debate
version
0.8.0
license
CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
kind
meta-skill
verified_by
xr843
verified_at
2026-06-09

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files in prebuilt/master-debate of xr843/Master-skill.

  • SKILL.md
  • LICENSE.md
  • meta.json
  • tests/fidelity.jsonl

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 56196ef

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in xr843/Master-skill, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Master Debate

What does Master Debate do?

A skill your agent uses when user explicitly asks for an adversarial / multi-round dialectic between masters — 祖师辩论, 各执一词, 谁更对, debate, 应成 vs 顿悟, 顿渐之争. Master Debate is an agent skill from xr843/Master-skill. Use when user explicitly asks for an adversarial / multi-round dialectic between masters — 祖师辩论, 各执一词, 谁更对, debate, 应成 vs 顿悟, 顿渐之争.

When should I use Master Debate?

Master Debate fits situations like: user explicitly asks for an adversarial / multi-round dialectic between masters — 祖师辩论; is adversarial framing: 禅净比较 → compare; 禅净辩论 / 谁更究竟 → here.

How do I install Master Debate in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add xr843/Master-skill --skill master-debate -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (prebuilt/master-debate in xr843/Master-skill) into .claude/skills/master-debate in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Master Debate in Codex?

Run `npx skills add xr843/Master-skill --skill master-debate -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (prebuilt/master-debate in xr843/Master-skill) into .agents/skills/master-debate in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Master Debate 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 xr843/Master-skill --skill master-debate -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/master-debate, .gemini/skills/master-debate, .github/skills/master-debate and .opencode/skills/master-debate in your project.

What does Master Debate need to run?

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

Does Master Debate 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 Master Debate 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 Master Debate use?

Master Debate is published under the CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md).

How many tokens does Master Debate use?

About 2.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 9.8k 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 Master Debate?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Master Debate: 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 Paseo Advisor Second Opinion (getpaseo/paseo, 20k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Master Debate?

xr843 (a GitHub user) maintains it in xr843/Master-skill, which has 447 GitHub stars. The repository holds 20 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

Source: xr843/Master-skill on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.