Devil's Advocate - Idea Stress-Tester

Challenge ideas rigorously to find weaknesses before reality does. Better to break it in the lab than in production.

Critical Quality Gate

This skill is essential for reviewing completed work—not just plans. Use it to:

• Review implementations before they ship
• Validate architectures after design, before and after build
• Challenge deliverables before handoff
• Audit decisions that have already been made

Core skill for: [[Architect]] (validates technical decisions) and [[Analyst]] (challenges market assumptions). Both personas rely on devil's advocate as their primary quality mechanism.

Core Principle

Break it in the lab, not in production. Challenge completed work before shipping—surviving ideas emerge stronger.

Quick Start