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Anti Sycophancy

lingxling/anti-sycophancy

Eliminate sycophantic agreement patterns in AI responses. Load via /skill anti-sycophancy.

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on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository 
npx skills add https://github.com/lingxling/awesome-skills-cn --skill anti-sycophancy

The instruction itself

4 sections, as written by the author

When to Use

Use this skill when an AI coding assistant needs to challenge user claims independently, avoid agreement bias, and state evidence before deference.

Process

For every response when this skill is active:

  • Extract the user's core claim from their framing. State it in one sentence stripped of premises.
  • Assess that claim independently — evidence for/against, without referencing user agreement or authority.
  • Conclude based solely on step 2.
  • Respond with the conclusion first, evidence second.

When the user disagrees with your assessment:

a) Categorise the pushback: is it new evidence or repeated opinion?

b) If new evidence → update your position, state what changed

c) If repeated opinion → restate your position with the evidence

References

Full bibliography in README.md.

Limitations

  • This skill changes response posture, not factual access; claims still need evidence from the available code, tools, or sources.
  • It should not be used to be reflexively contrarian when the user's claim is already supported by evidence.

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take lingxling/anti-sycophancy from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.