cross-critique — Skills — getagentictools

What it does

Architecture and design tradeoffs.

Code review where reviewers reached different conclusions.

Competing root-cause theories for a bug.

Code-structure or API-shape decisions with no single right answer.

For a judgment-heavy decision, generate them with the council skill (model-diverse subagents on the same question).

For an investigation-heavy question, generate them by spawning parallel subagents (see the research skill).

Or use any ad-hoc set of independent subagent proposals you've already collected.

Source

Repository: https://github.com/warpdotdev/common-skills

cross-critique FAQ

What does the cross-critique skill do?

Run a second round on a contested question by circulating each subagent's independent proposal to the other authors and asking for structured pros and cons, then synthesize. Use this skill whenever you have multiple independent proposals or opinions on a contested decision — architecture tradeoffs, code review disagreements, design choices, competing root-cause theories — and want sharper analysis than you'd produce by synthesizing alone. Pairs naturally with the council and research skills; reach for it liberally whenever proposals diverge. Architecture and design tradeoffs. Code review where reviewers reached different conclusions.

What does cross-critique require?

Prerequisite: you need independent proposals first

How do I install cross-critique?

Run: npx -y skills add https://github.com/warpdotdev/common-skills --skill cross-critique --agent claude-code — the source lives at github.com/warpdotdev/common-skills.

Maintain cross-critique?

Let people know it's listed here — add the badge (live metrics, light/dark aware) or a plain link to your README or docs.

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npx agentictools info skills/warpdotdev-common-skills-cross-critique

The second line is the CLI lookup for this page — handy in READMEs and docs.