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interrogate

Use for "interrogate", "adversarial review", "multi-model review", "challenge this", "stress test this code", "find blind spots", or "tear this apart". Multiple LLM reviewers challenge changes from independent angles.

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Install

Works with every agent the skills CLI supports.

npx skills add https://github.com/poteto/plugins --skill interrogate
  1. 01

    Install

    Run the command in your project. The CLI asks which agents to install for.

  2. 02

    Describe the task

    Ask your agent for something this skill covers. It loads interrogate automatically when relevant.

  3. 03

    Review the result

    The agent follows the SKILL.md steps, scripts and references bundled with the skill.

SKILL.md

The instructions your agent reads when the skill is triggered.

Interrogate

Spawn one reviewer per configured model to adversarially review code changes. Each model gets the same prompt and rubric. The adversarial signal comes from model diversity, not assigned personas. Models differ in blind spots, priors, and reasoning patterns. Agreement across models is high-confidence signal; lone-model findings are worth reading but lower confidence.

The deliverable is a synthesized verdict. Do NOT auto-apply changes.

Step 1, Determine Scope

Identify what to review from context:

  • If the user points at specific files or a diff, use that
  • If on a feature branch, run git diff main...HEAD (or the appropriate base branch) for the full changeset
  • If the user's message references recent work, gather the relevant files

Package the diff (or file contents) plus any surrounding context files the reviewers need to understand the code.

Step 2, State the Intent

Before spawning reviewers, state the intent explicitly. What is this code trying to accomplish? Derive this from:

  • The user's message
  • Commit messages
  • PR description if one exists
  • The code itself

Write one clear paragraph. Reviewers challenge whether the work achieves the intent well, not whether the intent itself is correct. If you're unsure about the intent, ask the user before proceeding.

Step 3, Spawn Reviewers

Launch one reviewer per model in your configured interrogate list (defaults claude-opus-4-8-thinking-xhigh, gpt-5.5-high-fast, composer-2.5-fast), all in a single message.

For each reviewer:

  • subagent_type: generalPurpose
  • model: one model from the configured interrogate list
  • readonly: true

If a configured model slug is rejected as unresolvable when you try to spawn the subagent, check the valid slugs in the Task tool's error message, pick the closest equivalent (prefer the highest-reasoning tier of the same family), spawn with the valid slug, and open a separate PR to update the configured defaults. Do not block the review on the slug issue.

Read references/reviewer-prompt.md and fill in the template with:

  1. The stated intent
  2. The diff or file contents
  3. The review rubric from references/rubric.md
  4. The code-quality lens from references/code-quality-review.md

The same filled template goes to all reviewers, so every model applies the code-quality lens.

Each reviewer produces structured findings as described in the prompt template.

Step 4, Synthesize

As results come back, build a unified picture:

  1. Parse all findings from the reviewers
  2. Identify consensus. Findings raised by 2+ models independently are highest signal.
  3. Identify lone-model findings. Still worth reading, but weight accordingly.
  4. Deduplicate. Different models may describe the same issue differently. Merge these and note which models raised it.
  5. Note disagreements. If one model flags something and another explicitly says the opposite, that's useful context for the verdict.

Step 5, Lead Judgment

You are the lead reviewer, a pragmatic senior engineer, not a neutral aggregator.

Read references/lead-judgment.md for the full framework. Reviewers only see a slice of the codebase. You have the full context (the goal, the constraints, the timeline, which tradeoffs were already considered). Use that context aggressively.

Categorize every finding using these buckets:

  • Act on. Real issues affecting correctness, security, or maintainability given the actual goals. These would block a real PR.
  • Consider. Legitimate points, but you're not sure they outweigh the cost of addressing them right now. Worth the user's attention.
  • Noted. Technically valid but not actionable. Context-dependent, premature optimization, or low-impact given the current stage.
  • Dismissed. Wrong, nitpicky, or missing context. Brief explanation why.

For each finding, include:

  • Which model(s) raised it
  • The category (act on / consider / noted / dismissed)
  • A one-line rationale for the categorization

Output Format

Present the verdict in this structure:

Intent

[The stated intent paragraph from Step 2]

Reviewers

List each reviewer on its own line like - <model name>: [N findings]

Act On

[Findings that should be addressed. For each: description, which models raised it, why it matters.]

Consider

[Findings worth thinking about. For each: description, which models raised it, tradeoff involved.]

Noted

[Valid but low-priority. Brief list.]

Dismissed

[Rejected findings with brief rationale. This shows the user what was filtered out and why, so they can override your judgment if they disagree.]

Agreement Map

[Where did models agree, where did they diverge, and what does the pattern of agreement/disagreement tell us?]

FAQ

What does the interrogate skill do?

Use for "interrogate", "adversarial review", "multi-model review", "challenge this", "stress test this code", "find blind spots", or "tear this apart". Multiple LLM reviewers challenge changes from independent angles.

How do I install interrogate?

Run npx skills add https://github.com/poteto/plugins --skill interrogate in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/interrogate/ (personal) or .claude/skills/interrogate/ (project).

Which AI agents can use interrogate?

Any agent that supports the open Agent Skills format (a folder with a SKILL.md file), including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Cline, OpenCode and more.

Is interrogate safe to install?

No partner security audit is available yet. Skills can run commands and scripts, so read the SKILL.md and any bundled files before installing.

Who maintains interrogate?

It is published by poteto in poteto/plugins. It has 84 recorded installs.

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