reality-check

Identifies gaps and structural flaws in project plans before stakeholder reviews.

1|Updated Jan 11, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/dazuck/claude-code-skills --skill reality-check
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent
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Skill: reality-check
Source: https://github.com/dazuck/claude-code-skills/tree/main/skills/reality-check
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/dazuck/claude-code-skills --skill reality-check

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve?

This skill identifies gaps and structural flaws in plans before stakeholder reviews, helping teams surface high-impact risks early and avoid costly rewrites.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Domain-smart gap detection: Quickly surface missing information, assumptions, and risk factors across strategy, plan, and communications.
  • Activation protocols & review modes: Align with Strategy & Planning, Content & Communications, Technical & Product, and Process & Operations so reviews are consistent and scalable.
  • Targeted question framework: Generates concise questions (up to 3 per round) to gather critical context and accelerate alignment.
  • Outcome-driven feedback: Produces actionable recommendations prioritized by impact with clear next steps.
  • Use Case: Before a product launch, feed the plan and milestones to identify dependencies and misaligned goals, reducing rework.

Quick Start

Share your plan or document text and brief objective. I will perform a Level-1 structural assessment, identify major gaps, and propose a short set of questions (up to 3) to accelerate alignment. Then I will outline the top 3 priority fixes.

Frequently Asked Questions about reality-check

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

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How do I identify gaps and structural flaws in a project plan before stakeholder review?

To identify gaps before stakeholder review, feed your strategy documents and project plans into a structured assessment that surfaces missing information, assumptions, and high-impact risk factors. It enforces activation protocols and tiered review modes to guarantee actionable feedback and reduce costly rewrites.

What is the best way to pressure-test a strategy document for risk management?

Pressure-testing a strategy document involves applying domain-smart gap detection across strategy, planning, and communications to surface high-impact risks early. The process generates targeted questions and outcome-driven recommendations prioritized by impact to accelerate stakeholder alignment.

Can I use structured feedback to analyze stakeholder communications for product launches?

Analyzing stakeholder communications for product launches uses domain-smart gap detection to identify missing information and misaligned goals across milestones. By generating concise targeted questions and prioritized fixes, it reduces rework and accelerates alignment before the launch.

Does this plan review process support technical and product documents or only strategy plans?

The plan review process supports technical and product documents alongside strategy, planning, content, communications, and process operations. It aligns reviews using specific activation protocols and tiered review modes for each domain to ensure consistent and scalable feedback.

How do I start a structural assessment of my project plan?

To start a structural assessment, share your plan text and a brief objective. The review performs a Level-1 assessment to identify major gaps, proposes up to three targeted questions to gather critical context, and outlines the top three priority fixes.