thinking-steel-manning
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Before rejecting a proposal or reflexively agreeing, build the strongest faithful opposing case, state agreement conditions, then update or reaffirm.
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npx skills add tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills --skill thinking-steel-manning -a claude-code
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