Devils Advocate

Quality score: 70/100 · Category: Content · Sub-category: editorial

type:review

Use when substantive documents (reviews, analyses, synthesis documents) need adversarial review to strengthen arguments, identify weak points, and challenge assumptions before editorial polish (mandatory for Writer → Devil's Advocate pairing protocol)

What this skill does

Devils Advocate is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the editorial sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/devils-advocate/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Devils Advocate skill is built for content creators, marketers, copywriters, SEO professionals, and editorial teams. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

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

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

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

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.