How do I install the Critical Debater Suite skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add dvcrn/critical-debater-suite in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

Is Critical Debater Suite safe to use?

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Which AI agents work with Critical Debater Suite?

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Is Critical Debater Suite free to use?

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Who published Critical Debater Suite?

dvcrn (@dvcrn) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Critical Debater Suite by dvcrn — Agent Skill

Name: Critical Debater Suite
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: dvcrn

Critical Debater Suite

Multi-agent adversarial debate system with 4 roles (Pro, Con, Judge, Orchestrator), per-round evidence refresh, 5-element reasoning chains, and structured bilingual Markdown report output. Use this skill when the user says "debate", "start a debate", "red team this", "analyze from multiple perspectives", or provides a topic for critical examination.

dvcrn Updated Sep 8, 2026 32 repo stars

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Critical Debater Suite — Routing

When a user request matches this skill, route to the appropriate capability module.

Intent → Capability Routing

User Intent	Route To
"debate", "start a debate", "red team this", "analyze from multiple perspectives", full topic for debate	`capabilities/debate.md`
"search evidence", "build evidence store", "find sources"	`capabilities/source-ingest.md`
"check freshness", "update evidence status"	`capabilities/freshness-check.md`
"verify evidence", "cross-check sources"	`capabilities/evidence-verify.md`
"build arguments", "construct debate turn"	`capabilities/debate-turn.md`
"judge round", "audit round", "evaluate arguments"	`capabilities/judge-audit.md`
"update claims", "claim ledger"	`capabilities/claim-ledger-update.md`
"check analogy", "validate historical reference"	`capabilities/analogy-safeguard.md`
"final report", "synthesis", "generate report"	`capabilities/final-synthesis.md`
Mixed request	Pick primary intent, chain capabilities in required order

Generic Tool Names

Use provider-agnostic names in all capability prompts:

Generic Name	Claude Code	Codex	GPT/OpenClaw
`search`	WebSearch	web_search	web_search
`fetch`	WebFetch	-	browse
`spawn_role`	Agent	subprocess	-
`read`	Read	read	read
`write`	Write	write	write

Model Tiers

Tier	Description
`fast`	Cheapest, simple tasks
`balanced`	Good reasoning at reasonable cost
`deep`	Best reasoning, verification, causal audit

Fallback Chains

search: native → adapter → evidence_gap soft-failure
fetch: native → adapter → fetch_skipped soft-failure
spawn_role: native → adapter → serial role emulation

Data Contracts

All JSON schemas are defined in references/data-contracts.md. This is the single source of truth for all agent outputs.

---name: critical-debater-suitedescription: Multi-agent adversarial debate system with 4 roles (Pro, Con, Judge, Orchestrator), per-round evidence refresh, 5-element reasoning chains, and structured bilingual Markdown report output. Use this skill when the user says "debate", "start a debate", "red team this", "analyze from multiple perspectives", or provides a topic for critical examination.---# Critical Debater Suite — RoutingWhen a user request matches this skill, route to the appropriate capability module.## Intent → Capability Routing| User Intent | Route To ||---|---|| "debate", "start a debate", "red team this", "analyze from multiple perspectives", full topic for debate | `capabilities/debate.md` || "search evidence", "build evidence store", "find sources" | `capabilities/source-ingest.md` || "check freshness", "update evidence status" | `capabilities/freshness-check.md` || "verify evidence", "cross-check sources" | `capabilities/evidence-verify.md` || "build arguments", "construct debate turn" | `capabilities/debate-turn.md` || "judge round", "audit round", "evaluate arguments" | `capabilities/judge-audit.md` || "update claims", "claim ledger" | `capabilities/claim-ledger-update.md` || "check analogy", "validate historical reference" | `capabilities/analogy-safeguard.md` || "final report", "synthesis", "generate report" | `capabilities/final-synthesis.md` || Mixed request | Pick primary intent, chain capabilities in required order |## Generic Tool NamesUse provider-agnostic names in all capability prompts:| Generic Name | Claude Code | Codex | GPT/OpenClaw ||---|---|---|---|| `search` | WebSearch | web_search | web_search || `fetch` | WebFetch | - | browse || `spawn_role` | Agent | subprocess | - || `read` | Read | read | read || `write` | Write | write | write |## Model Tiers| Tier | Description ||---|---|| `fast` | Cheapest, simple tasks || `balanced` | Good reasoning at reasonable cost || `deep` | Best reasoning, verification, causal audit |## Fallback Chains- **search**: native → adapter → `evidence_gap` soft-failure- **fetch**: native → adapter → `fetch_skipped` soft-failure- **spawn_role**: native → adapter → serial role emulation## Data ContractsAll JSON schemas are defined in `references/data-contracts.md`. This is the single source of truth for all agent outputs.

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