What do I need to use The Second Opinion?

Your leaning; Why; The decision; How locked in you are.

Is The Second Opinion 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.

The Second Opinion

Q: How do I know the The Second Opinion output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own quality checks: Takes a genuine opposite position, not a token counterpoint; Builds the strongest case for the alternative; Forces real questions the person hasn't asked; Delivers an honest verdict, even if it contradicts the leaning.

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

Deliberately take the opposite position from your leaning and make you defend yours — a forced second opinion that isn't just an echo. Use when asked give me a real second opinion, don't just agree with me, argue the other way, or I need a fresh take not a yes-man. Produces a committed alternative position to whatever you're inclined toward, the strongest reasons it might be right, the questions it forces you to answer, and an honest read on whether your original leaning still stands after the challenge — countering agreement bias by construction.

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

🗣 Say this to your agent

“Give me a real second opinion on taking this job — don't just agree.”“I'm leaning toward selling. Argue the other way.”“I need a fresh take, not a yes-man.”“Everyone agrees with me — take the opposite side.”“Make me defend this decision properly.”

What to give it

▸Your leaning — what you're inclined to do or believe

▸Why — your reasoning so far

▸The decision — what's actually being chosen

▸How locked in you are — genuinely open, or looking for permission (be honest — it changes how hard to push)

✅ 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.

✓Takes a genuine opposite position, not a token counterpoint

✓Builds the strongest case for the alternative

✓Forces real questions the person hasn't asked

✓Delivers an honest verdict, even if it contradicts the leaning

✓Doesn't just agree with more enthusiasm

⚠️ What it refuses to do

**Agreeing** with the leaning in disguise.

**A weak counterpoint** built to lose.

**Being contrarian for its own sake** rather than genuinely evaluating.

**Caving to the comfortable answer** at the verdict.

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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