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Second Opinion

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trailofbits·vlatest·other·CC-BY-SA-4.0

This skill provides a fresh perspective on your prompt, potentially uncovering hidden issues or generating alternative solutions for better results.

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Install on your platform

Showing Claude Code. One command installs this skill into any of the agents below.

  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add trailofbits/skills --skill second-opinion -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

trailofbits

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Install target

Live repository

Not pinned. Installing fetches whatever the repository holds at the time you run the command.

No human has reviewed this code. The checks below are a static scan of the files at one commit — nobody has run this skill or judged whether it works. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent, so read the source before you install it.

Automated safety checks

scanned

This skill passed all 6 checks. We read its files at one commit and looked for the things that make a skill dangerous to run — not for whether it works.

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No undeclared network calls: passed

    Makes no network calls.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned trailofbits/skills at 82fe822625.

    The exact upstream commit SHA that was scanned is recorded, so the result refers to specific bytes.

Commit
82fe822625
Manifest
plugins/second-opinion/skills/second-opinion/SKILL.md
Scanned
7 files, 453 lines
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About this skill

What it does

The second-opinion skill provides a supplementary perspective on a given text or problem. It aims to offer an alternative viewpoint, potentially identifying overlooked aspects or biases within the original content. This can be useful for verifying information and improving decision-making processes by incorporating diverse perspectives.

When to use it

  • Reviewing code: Get a second look at complex code snippets to identify potential errors or inefficiencies.
  • Evaluating arguments: Assess the validity of an argument presented in a document, receiving feedback on its strengths and weaknesses.
  • Analyzing creative writing: Obtain constructive criticism on stories or scripts from a different perspective.
  • Validating research findings: Check the conclusions drawn from research papers to ensure they are well-supported and consider alternative interpretations.

Key capabilities

  • Alternative viewpoint generation
  • Bias identification
  • Overlooked aspect detection
  • Argument assessment

Example prompts

  • "Can you provide a second opinion on this code snippet?"
  • "What's another way to interpret these research findings?"
  • "Give me a different perspective on the argument presented in this document."

Tips & gotchas

The quality of the "second opinion" depends heavily on the clarity and detail provided in the initial input. Be sure to provide sufficient context for accurate analysis.