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Convince Me

Category: General  ·  Sub-category: general-misc  ·  Last updated:
Force the user to justify their choice. Use when the user has stated a decision and you want to test whether it's reasoned or reflexive. Produces a Socratic exchange that exposes the actual reasoning (or its absence).

From the source SKILL.md

Socratic adversarial mode. The user has made a choice; this skill makes them earn it.

What this skill does

Convince Me is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the general-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/convince-me/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when the user has stated a decision and you want to test whether it's reasoned or reflexive. Produces a Socratic exchange that exposes the actual reasoning (or its absence).

Who uses this skill

The Convince Me Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 69,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/convince-me
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/convince-me/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/convince-me/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/convince-me/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/convince-me/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\convince-me\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

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Pro

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Attribution & license

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