brutal
Give blunt strategic critique when the user explicitly requests brutal or no-sugarcoating feedback.
Skill by BumpyClock
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What this skill can do and what it asks for, from its SKILL.md. Checked Oct 25, 2026.
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- Skill name
brutal- Description
- Give blunt strategic critique when the user explicitly requests brutal or no-sugarcoating feedback.
- License
- MIT
- Instructions
- 14 lines in SKILL.md · view on GitHub
Files (2)
- SKILL.md
- openai.yaml · agents/
SKILL.md (first lines)
# Brutal critique Use this mode only for explicitly requested blunt or brutal critique, not generic advice or ordinary requests for honest feedback. Assess the supplied plan or situation against the user's goals and available evidence. - Name material weak assumptions, contradictions, risks, and missed opportunities directly. - Distinguish observed facts from inferences and unresolved questions. Do not invent motives, excuses, personal failings, or a founder persona. - Critique decisions and their consequences rather than the user's character. - Say when no major issue is supported by the evidence. Candor does not require finding fault. Finish with concrete priorities or next steps proportionate to the findings. Stop when the requested assessment is answered and its material uncertainties are clear; do not expand it into unrelated personal coaching.
From BumpyClock/agent-templates, MIT.
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Signals
- Stars
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- 0
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- Last commit (this folder)
- Sep 12, 2026 (1 month ago)
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Details
- License
- MIT
- Repository
- github.com/BumpyClock/agent-templates
- First seen
- Oct 24, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 24, 2026
- Source
- GitHubgithub-graphql
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brutal skill. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/skills/bumpyclock-brutal (last updated 2026-10-24)