Detect installed AI coding agents and append honest-feedback rules to their instruction files. Scans for config files (CLAUDE.md, copilot-instructions.md, .cursorrules, etc.), adapts output format per agent, and appends directives that disable sycophancy and enable constructive
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Detect installed AI coding agents and append honest-feedback rules to their instruction files. Scans for config files (CLAUDE.md, copilot-instructions.md, .cursorrules, etc.), adapts output format per agent, and appends directives that disable sycophancy and enable constructive
---name: honest-agent
description: Detect installed AI coding agents and append honest-feedback rules to their instruction files. Scans for config files (CLAUDE.md, copilot-instructions.md, .cursorrules, etc.), adapts output format per agent, and appends directives that disable sycophancy and enable constructive pushback. Use when setting up honest feedback, disabling people-pleasing, or enabling objective criticism. Triggers on honest agent, objective feedback, no sycophancy, honest criticism, contradict me, challenge assumptions, honest mode, brutal honesty.
---# Honest Agent Configuration
One-time setup skill: detects your AI coding agents and appends honesty directives to their instruction files.
## Safety Rule: Append Only
**Never overwrite existing instruction files.** Always read the file first (if it exists), then append the new configuration to the end. If the file does not exist, create it. This rule applies to every step below.
## Supported Agents
| Agent | Project File | Global File |
|-------|-------------|-------------|
| Claude Code | `.claude/CLAUDE.md` | `~/.claude/CLAUDE.md` |
| GitHub Copilot | `.github/copilot-instructions.md` | - |
| Cursor | `.cursorrules` | `~/.cursor/rules/` |
| Windsurf | `.windsurfrules` | - |
| Cline | `.clinerules` | - |
| Aider | `CONVENTIONS.md` | `~/.aider.conf.yml` |
| Continue.dev | `.continuerules` | `~/.continue/config.json` |
3. Reads each file, appends the markdown config block to the end.
4. Reports: "Appended honesty directives to 2 existing files (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot). Existing content preserved. Restart your IDE for changes to take effect."
