What do I need to use Poke Holes In This?

The thing; What it's for; How harsh; Anything off-limits.

Is Poke Holes In This free to use?

Yes — run it free in the browser playground (no API key needed for the sponsored trial, or bring any provider key), or install it into Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT and more via npx pm-claude-skills. MIT-licensed and open source.

Poke Holes In This

Q: How do I know the Poke Holes In This output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own quality checks: Contains only weaknesses — no praise padding; Each hole is specific (points to the actual part); Problems are ranked by severity; Each includes the consequence and a concrete fix.

🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-08-06 🔷 SkillSpec L3 pm-thinking

Get only the weaknesses in something you made — no praise, no encouragement padding, just the holes and how to fix them. Use when asked to poke holes in this, tell me what's wrong with this, critique this honestly, or don't be nice about it. Produces a focused list of the real problems in your draft, plan, argument, or code — ranked by severity, each with why it's a problem and a concrete fix — deliberately stripping the 'this is great!' padding that AI and polite humans add and you don't need.

▶ Run it free — no key needed 📝 Grade your existing draft View SKILL.md ↗

🗣 Say this to your agent

“Poke holes in my essay — don't be nice.”“Tell me what's wrong with this plan, only the problems.”“Critique this pitch honestly, no praise.”“Where does my argument fall apart?”“Rip into this draft so I can fix it.”

What to give it

▸The thing — the draft, plan, argument, design, or code (paste it)

▸What it's for — purpose and audience (what counts as a hole depends on the goal)

▸How harsh — brutal, or firm-but-kind

▸Anything off-limits — parts that are fixed and not up for critique

✅ The bar it holds itself to

Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.

✓Contains only weaknesses — no praise padding

✓Each hole is specific (points to the actual part)

✓Problems are ranked by severity

✓Each includes the consequence and a concrete fix

✓Identifies the single highest-priority fix

⚠️ What it refuses to do

**A compliment sandwich** when only critique was asked for.

**Vague criticism** with no specific location.

**Nitpicks ranked equal** to serious problems.

**Complaints with no fixes.**

Install

npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude   # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcp

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🔌 Embed this skill

Drop this on your blog, docs, or site — it renders a "Run this skill" card:

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💬 Discussion

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