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Add deep-research skill: self-challenging investigation with adversarial dialectic#877

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Add deep-research skill: self-challenging investigation with adversarial dialectic#877
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What this skill does

Teaches Claude to argue with itself before recommending anything. Instead of the usual one-pass research (search → recommend → done), it enforces an iterative loop where Claude challenges its own findings, adopts adversarial positions, and only commits when ideas survive scrutiny.

Core mechanisms

  • Adaptive auto-questions — generated from what was just discovered, not a static checklist
  • Adversarial dialectic — thesis → antithesis → critique of the critique → synthesis. Includes challenging foundational assumptions, not just the proposed angle
  • Autonomous execution — runs the full loop without stopping to ask permission between phases
  • Checkpoint & reset — saves state to memory, enables fresh-perspective reattacks

Benchmarked

Tested on the same topic with three configs (baseline, self-questioning only, full dialectic):

Baseline + Self-questioning + Adversarial dialectic
Angles killed 0 4 3 (documented)
Self-corrections none yes yes + dialectic
Foundational assumptions challenged no no yes
Final angle type descriptive descriptive causal

The dialectic changed the nature of the recommendation, not just its quality.

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