Structured debate exploring a topic through Defender/Skeptic roles. Use when user invokes /debate or wants to analyze a claim from multiple angles with systematic argumentation. Also use when the user asks for pros and cons, devil's advocate, "argue both sides", steelman/steelman, "is X really better than Y", "convince me", or "arguments for and against".
Resources
1Install
npx skillscat add vadirn/nix/debate Install via the SkillsCat registry.
SKILL.md
Debate
Structured exploration of a topic through opposing viewpoints.
Parameters
topic(required): Claim or question to debaterounds=N: Number of rounds (default: 7)lang=en|ru: Output language (default: auto-detect from topic)
Process
- Parse parameters
- Load workflows/en.md or workflows/ru.md based on language
- Follow loaded workflow template
- Use WebSearch and firecrawl to find evidence supporting arguments
- Output each round progressively (don't batch)
- Stop early if genuine consensus reached