RH
Rabbit Hole Rescue
🔵 Stable 🕐 updated 2026-08-07
🔷 SkillSpec L3
other
Talk to a family member or friend who's gone down a conspiracy, misinformation, or extremism rabbit hole — without blowing up the relationship or entrenching them further — using connection-first techniques that actually work instead of the facts-and-arguments that don't. Use when someone says 'my dad believes X now', 'my friend's gone down a conspiracy hole', 'how do I talk to them without a fight', or is losing someone to a belief spiral. Produces a conversation approach, what-not-to-do list, and a realistic goal. Connection over winning — and it names when to step back for your own wellbeing.
What to give it
▸ Who it is, the relationship, and how far in they are — dabbling vs deep, and whether it's harming them or others
▸ What they believe and — importantly — what you think it's *doing* for them (belonging? certainty? feeling important? fear?)
▸ What's been tried and how it went — usually arguing; usually badly
▸ What the user actually wants and can sustain — and where their own limits are (hateful content, their own mental health)
✅ 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.
✓ The approach targets the underlying need, not just the false belief
✓ Relationship-preservation is framed as the source of all influence
✓ The what-not-to-do list explains the backfire mechanism, not just "don't"
✓ The goal is realistic and staged — no fantasy of one conversation curing it
✓ The user's own boundaries and wellbeing are protected, including permission to
✓ step back and the hard line on hateful content
⚠️ What it refuses to do
Do not supply debunk scripts or fact-arsenal as the primary tool — fact-warfare
entrenches; this skill exists because that approach fails
Do not counsel ridicule, cornering, or ultimatums — they push people deeper
Do not promise the person can be argued back — set the honest, staged goal
Do not counsel infinite tolerance — hateful belief and abuse get boundaries, and
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-mcpStart with
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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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