advocate

name

advocate

description

Devil's advocate on change just made — argue honest case AGAINST before it lands. "Any reason not to?" Deliberate second-thoughts pass on diff in front of you. Surfaces scope creep, blast radius, irreversibility, simpler path skipped, YAGNI, "doesn't belong in this change" — doubts build-momentum buries. ONLY use when user explicitly types `$advocate` slash command. Reviews change(s) just made (uncommitted diff default, or arg-scoped slice). Dispatches 1 fresh Opus subagent as devil's advocate, fed only diff + stated goal, builds counter-case with distance, synthesizes keep / revise / drop verdict. Lightweight — 1 scoped skeptic, not multi-agent $impartial-review, not a bug hunt.

Codex Adapter

Read ../../../.claude/skills/advocate/SKILL.md completely and follow it as the canonical workflow for this skill.

• Resolve every relative script, reference, asset, and template path from the canonical skill directory under .claude/skills/advocate/.
• Read ../../../.agents/CODEX-SKILL-COMPATIBILITY.md and apply the status and exceptions for this skill.
• Translate Claude Code tool names to the available Codex equivalent as described by the repository AGENTS.md.
• Before any Claude Task, Agent, or Workflow step, confirm that the current Codex session exposes the required multi-agent tools. Do not replace independent review with self-review.
• Skill invocation alone does not authorize commit, push, PR, merge, deploy, migration, dependency installation, or another outward action unless that action is the user's explicit request.
• Follow Codex system, developer, sandbox, approval, and tool instructions when they differ from the canonical workflow.
• Keep the canonical Claude skill unchanged unless the user explicitly asks to edit the workflow itself.