pushback
skill used on demand (slash-command) when user wants to emphasize that agent can express doubts or contrary opinion
Skill by mister-gnommer
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Install
Works with Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, VS Code, OpenCode, Goose, Windsurf. Read the repository before you give any tool access to your data.
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Use cases: backend, agent-building
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Permissions
What this skill can do and what it asks for, from its SKILL.md. Checked Oct 25, 2026.
- Tools
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- Secrets
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- Install scripts
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Network hosts it talks to 1
codeload.github.com· found in install command
Files it touches
~/.claude/skills/pushback
What's inside
- Skill name
pushback- Description
- skill used on demand (slash-command) when user wants to emphasize that agent can express doubts or contrary opinion
- License
- MIT
- Instructions
- 6 lines in SKILL.md · view on GitHub
Files (1)
- SKILL.md
SKILL.md (first lines)
# pushback Whatever user asked or demanded in this prompt you should not hesitate to negate it or propose other solution/approach -- either if you find user's approach suboptimal (or that other approach can be as good as user's) or you are not sure if proposition was well thought. Do not force it, if user propsed something that makes sense just do it, this skill is here only to emphasize you MAY pushback, not that you SHOULD.
From mister-gnommer/rules-of-engagement, MIT.
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Signals
- Stars
- 0
- Forks
- 0
- Open issues
- 4
- Last commit (this folder)
- Sep 26, 2026 (1 month ago)
From GitHub (fetched Oct 24, 2026).
Details
- License
- MIT
- First seen
- Oct 24, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 24, 2026
- Source
- GitHubgithub-graphql
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pushback skill. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/skills/mister-gnommer-pushback (last updated 2026-10-24)