asb-rude-qa

Interrogates plans, pitches, and decisions with adversarial questions to produce defensible strategic choices.

Updated Nov 15, 2025
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/evanish/reusable-PM-templates --skill asb-rude-qa-evanish
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: asb-rude-qa
Source: https://github.com/evanish/reusable-PM-templates/tree/main/Templates%20to%20reuse/Work/asb-customer-discovery/asb-rude-qa
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/evanish/reusable-PM-templates --skill asb-rude-qa-evanish

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? Founders and product managers cannot spot their own blind spots, wishful thinking, and fluffy strategy language from inside their own heads. This Skill acts as a constructive devil's advocate, grilling a plan, pitch, positioning, pricing, or decision with rude and even unfair questions until it sharpens into real, defensible decisions — or is honestly abandoned. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Adversarial Interrogation: Attacks your plan from every angle with hostile, unfair, and wrong-premise questions modeled on real customers, investors, and competitors. - Real-Decision Framework: Forces every claim to pass the Opposite Test, name accepted negative consequences, and reinforce rather than contradict other decisions. - Fluff and Threat Audits: Flags generic words like "scalable" or "customer-first" and demands present-tense, evidence-backed threats instead of speculative "could" and "might" risks. - Structured Working Document: Captures the frame, interrogation findings, scars surfaced, and final conclusion (sharpened, not-ready, or bad-idea) in a persistent markdown file. - Use Case: A founder preparing to raise prices 30% asks to be grilled; the Skill stress-tests the target market, positioning, and competitive threats until the pricing decision is either defensible with accepted trade-offs or sent back for more evidence. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to use the rude Q&A skill to stress-test your plan, pitch, or decision and grill you until it is defensible.

Frequently Asked Questions about asb-rude-qa

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

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How do I stress-test a business plan or strategy with AI?

Give the skill a specific target — a decision, plan, pitch, positioning, or pricing scheme — and it interrogates it with hostile and unfair questions across multiple angles. It dwells on weak answers until they become sharp, then captures the sharpened decisions in a markdown document.

What is a Rude Q&A or devil's advocate exercise?

Rude Q&A is a method from Scott Berkun, popularized by Jason Cohen, where you answer deliberately rude, unfair, and wrong-premise questions about your plan. Practicing against attacks harder than reality makes real customer, investor, and competitor questions feel easy.

How does the Opposite Test work for strategy validation?

The Opposite Test constructs the reverse of any strategic claim and checks whether a smart company could rationally choose it. If the opposite is nonsense — like "bad design" — the original claim was a platitude and must be replaced with a real decision.

When should I not use an adversarial interrogation skill?

Do not use it when you have no concrete target, when you want validation rather than attack, or when the decision is already locked and the exercise would be theater. It also does not replace ordinary code review, prose editing, or general feedback requests.

Can stress-testing guarantee my strategy is correct?

No. The exercise makes plans defensible, not necessarily correct — a crisp wrong strategy is still wrong. The skill states this limit explicitly and suggests supplementary angles like leverage, asymmetry, and long-term fit to test correctness.