Cold Read v0.1.1
Cold Read v0.1.1
What Cold Read is
Cold Read reviews the files and instructions that tell an AI how to do a job — before a fresh person or session tries them. You give it a project you built; it reads that setup the way a stranger would and points out the few things most likely to break. It only points out problems and hands the decisions back to you — it never rewrites your work.
What's included
A small, self-contained package (15 files):
- the editor itself (
cold-read/— five files plus a short manual); - a plain-English guide and a one-minute Judge Guide;
- one sample project used for testing;
- three short public test summaries;
- the MIT license and the public file list.
How to try it in about a minute
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Create a new Claude Project and add the five files in
cold-read/as its knowledge. -
Paste the sample project
test-fixtures/nested-specialist.mdinto the chat. -
Send this exact prompt:
Review this project's context architecture for cold-use readiness. Do not rewrite or redesign it. Give me only the highest-leverage findings.
Expect the result REVISION REQUIRED and three findings: a conflict between two instructions, a missing required approval before charging a client, and a rule too vague to check. Cold Read should not hand back any replacement text.
Download and verify
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Download:
cold-read-v0.1.1.zip -
ZIP SHA-256 (verify after download):
52de5b890ed44b9ceb8995267dd8149df2ceffc6b390f50f497f8bb708d513a3
A SHA-256 value is a digital fingerprint; it lets you check the download has not changed.
Evidence, in plain English
- Self-review test: Cold Read reviewed its own files and kept its no-rewrite boundary. A useful honesty check, not independent proof.
- Independent challenge test: Cold Read was given difficult sample projects in ten fresh, separate sessions with the answers hidden, and gave the expected result in all ten (ten pass, none fail) for that focused set.
- Originality check: the wording was compared with the reference material used during development, and no distinctive copied wording was found.
Honest limits: the live fresh-project test — a brand-new live Claude Project with no earlier conversation — is still deferred and has not been run. Cold Read checks the setup and instructions, not whether specialist facts (medical, legal, financial, security) are correct. It does not rewrite your project. A passing review does not guarantee it will work in every real-world situation.
Creator and license
Created by Jude Doocey as a first competition entry, shared with the community, and released under the MIT License.