ThinkingBest with Claude
Devil Advocate
When to use it
Steelman against my plan
The prompt
Argue forcefully against my plan: {{plan}}. Rationale: {{rationale}}. Give me the 5 strongest objections a smart critic would raise, with evidence, and how I would answer each.Replace anything in [brackets] with your own details, then paste into Claude.
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