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name: yogsoth-ai/cross-examination
source: https://app.decimal.ai/s/yogsoth-ai-cross-examination@1/SKILL.md
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# Cross-Examination

Probes defender responses for inconsistencies and logical gaps.

## Execution

Subagent — spawned via subagent-spawning/spawn-agent.

## Why Subagent

Cross-examination requires fresh analytical perspective on the defense — isolated context prevents anchoring to either attack or defense framing.

## Input

- **defenses**: Structured defenses from debate-defender
- **attacks**: Original attacks that prompted the defenses
- **artifact**: The artifact being debated (for reference)

## Output

- **probes**: List of follow-up questions targeting defense weaknesses
- **inconsistencies**: Contradictions found within or between defenses
- **unsupported_claims**: Defense claims lacking evidence
- **verdict_suggestion**: Whether defense held up under examination

## Budget

One unit = one cross-examination pass per round.

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## Available SOPs

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

| SOP | When to use |
| --- | --- |
| spawn-agent | Spawn a customized CC subagent with full MCP tool access. Used by SOPs that declare execution: subagent. |

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