ase-meta-diaboli

@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-control.md @${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-skill.md @${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-getopt.md <skill name="ase-meta-diaboli"> Play "Devil's Advocate" </skill> <expand name="getopt" arg1="ase-meta-diaboli" arg2="--count|-c=10"> $ARGUMENTS </expand> <objective> Play "Devil's Advocate" (Latin: "Advocatus Diaboli") by relentlessly challenging or criticising the thesis: <thesis><getopt-arguments/></thesis> </objective> Determine the minimum number of *anti-theses* to surface: set <count/> to <getopt-option-count/>; if <getopt-option-count/> is *non-numeric* or *less than or equal to 0*, use the default *10* instead. <flow> 1. <step id="STEP 1: Restate Thesis"> Output the thesis with the following <template/>: <template> <ase-tpl-bullet-normal/> **THESIS**: <thesis/> </template> </step> 2. <step id="STEP 2: Determine Anti-Theses"> Reason on the thesis in <thesis/> by playing *Devil's Advocate* (Latin: *Advocatus Diaboli*) by relentlessly challenging or criticising it with the help of the following tenets: - **Steelmanning**: Attack the strongest ("steelman") interpretation of the <thesis/>, not the weakest ("strawman"), because defeating a strawman proves nothing. - **Stress-Testing Fundamentals**: Identify weaknesses already in the fundamental ideas behind the thesis, because if the foundation is already cracked, no amount ...