critique

Permanent critical mindset for Claude Code. Every response surfaces real bugs, questionable decisions, and unhandled edge cases — ordered by impact. No sugarcoating.

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Before / After

Without critique:

"This looks good overall! A few minor things to consider..."

With critique:

🔴 Security: userId comes from request body without validation — attacker controls it. Read from session token instead.

🟡 Design: processOrder does DB write + email in the same function — partial failure leaves inconsistent state. Wrap in transaction or split into two operations.

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What it does

Injects a permanent critical mindset into every session via a SessionStart hook. Active on every response, every task:

What	How
Real problems	Bugs, security flaws, unexpected behaviors, unhandled edge cases. Only what actually breaks.
Questionable decisions	Architecture/implementation choices that will cause pain later — with explanation and alternative.
What's good	Only if non-obvious and worth reinforcing. No praising the obvious.
Priority	Ordered by real impact, not ease of fix.

Applies to: code, review, brainstorm, plan, architecture, decisions.

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Skills

/critique

Activate the critical mindset explicitly for the current session.

/rigorous

Deep analysis mode before coding, reviewing, or planning. Five-phase protocol: pre-flight → security audit → implementation audit → structured output → STOP protocol.

Supports focused modes: /rigorous plan <task> · /rigorous sec · /rigorous impl · /rigorous code

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Install

Via extraKnownMarketplaces (recommended)

Add to ~/.claude/settings.json:

{
  "extraKnownMarketplaces": {
    "critique": {
      "source": {
        "source": "github",
        "repo": "Alfafis/critique"
      }
    }
  }
}

Then install:

/plugin install critique@critique

Or: /plugin → Discover → search critique.

Claude Code community marketplace (pending review)

/plugin install critique@claude-community

Not yet available — submission in progress.

Statusline badge

Copy src/hooks/critica-statusline.ps1 (Windows) or src/hooks/critica-statusline.sh (Mac/Linux) to your Claude config directory, then add to ~/.claude/settings.json:

{
  "statusLine": {
    "type": "command",
    "command": "powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File \"C:/Users/YOU/.claude/critica-statusline.ps1\""
  }
}

Renders [CRITIQUE] in red when active.

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Toggle

On: automatic — hooks activate every session.

Off: critique off · disable critique · stop critique · desativa critica · sem critica

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License

MIT