Ask AI to Play Devil's Advocate (The Pre-Mortem Stress Test) (AI Skill)

Overview

Founders and project leads naturally develop emotional attachment to their plans, creating confirmation bias that blinds them to operational bottlenecks, churn risks, and economic flaws.

The Devil's Advocate & Pre-Mortem Protocol forces the AI to assume an adversarial persona (e.g., a cynical short-seller, a tough venture capitalist, or a strict enterprise auditor) to systematically dismantle your proposal and uncover hidden fatal vulnerabilities.

The Pre-Mortem Mental Model