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analyze-argumentation-flowlisted

Use this skill when the user wants to diagnose flaws in argumentation in English prose, without rewriting it.
yegor256/critic · ★ 3 · Data & Documents · score 69
Install: claude install-skill yegor256/critic
## Reading Read whole text once before flagging anything. Reconstruct central thesis in one sentence. Do this even when author never states it. Report missing thesis as finding when you cannot reconstruct it. ## Scope List supporting claims in order and note evidence for each. Judge argument author makes, not one you wish they made. Distinguish flaws of reasoning from flaws of taste. Distinguish `the conclusion is wrong` from `the argument is weak`. Report only second kind. ## Claims Flag every factual claim without support. Surface unstated premises argument leans on. Check every key term for equivocation. ## Inference Test inference at every `therefore`, `so`, `thus`, or `hence`. Test it at every `which means` or `as a result` too. Hunt for circular reasoning. Check each premise's independent believability. ## Fallacies Name specific fallacies and quote triggering line. Use names from `references/fallacies.md`. Treat one anecdote as one anecdote. Watch for cherry-picked evidence and survivorship bias. Mark every analogy and ask where it breaks. ## Rhetoric Flag rhetorical questions that stand in for arguments. Treat `obviously`, `clearly`, and `everyone knows` as red flags. Treat `it goes without saying` and `as we all agree` same way. Watch for loaded language replacing evidence. ## Counterargument Check author addresses strongest counterargument. Use one fair opponent would raise. Notice when burden of proof shifts onto reader. ## Structure Hunt for contrad