cross-examine
Interview the user relentlessly about a plan or design until reaching shared understanding, resolving each branch of the decision tree
Install / Use
npx skills add zebbern/claude-code-guide --skill cross-examineInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
Installable skill definition
Quality Score
Category
Development & EngineeringSupported Platforms
Our assessment of cross-examine
cross-examine scores 59/100 on our quality scale, 2678th of 3,168 Development & Engineering skills we index.
Its SKILL.md is 640 bytes long, written without headings and no code examples: fairly brief, so expect to fill in details yourself.
With 4,638 GitHub stars, it is one of the more widely adopted skills in the catalogue.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated 2 days ago, so cross-examine is actively maintained.
- It is released under the MIT license, a permissive license that allows use, modification and commercial use with attribution.
- Its trust signals score 100/100, with no cautions. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
Safety scan
No issues foundOur scan of the whole file found no instruction hijacking, hidden characters, credential access, data exfiltration or destructive commands.
Automated pattern scan on 2026-09-28. It catches known dangerous patterns, not every risk — read a skill before letting an agent act on it.
cross-examine compared with similar skills
All 4 of these similar skills score higher than cross-examine; compare them before choosing.
| Skill | Score | Stars | Updated | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cross-examine (this skill)by zebbern | 59 | 4.6k | 2d ago | SKILL.md |
| ai-job-searchby MadsLorentzen | 100 | 44.3k | today | CLAUDE.md |
| claude-howtoby luongnv89 | 100 | 41.7k | 2d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| algorithmic-artby anthropics | 100 | 177.9k | 5d ago | SKILL.md |
| pptxby anthropics | 100 | 177.9k | 5d ago | SKILL.md |
Frequently asked questions
- How do I install cross-examine?
- Run
npx skills add zebbern/claude-code-guide --skill cross-examine. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does cross-examine work with?
- It is written for Universal, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is cross-examine safe to use?
- Our scan of the whole file found no instruction hijacking, hidden characters, credential access, data exfiltration or destructive commands. It is MIT-licensed and scores 100/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
- Is cross-examine still maintained?
- The repository was last updated 2 days ago, so cross-examine is actively maintained.
Skill content
View source on GitHubname: cross-examine description: Interview the user relentlessly about a plan or design until reaching shared understanding, resolving each branch of the decision tree. Use when user wants to stress-test a plan, get grilled on their design, or mentions "grill me".
Interview me relentlessly about every aspect of this plan until we reach a shared understanding. Walk down each branch of the design tree, resolving dependencies between decisions one-by-one. For each question, provide your recommended answer.
Ask the questions one at a time.
If a question can be answered by exploring the codebase, explore the codebase instead.
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Trust signals
From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.