Contrarian Agent Skill
by aaddrickDevil's advocate for coding agents. Stress-tests plans, architecture and decisions with a steel-man, an assumption audit and a pre-mortem, then gives severity-rated findings and a verdict. Works in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot and 12 more.
Contrarian is an open-source agent skill by aaddrick, written mainly in Python, with 44 GitHub stars and the Unlicense license. Its code was last updated Oct 7, 2026.
Scan summary: scanned Nov 5, 2026 at commit 6dc3b8c. No capabilities flagged by our checks. Scan policy
What Contrarian can touch
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Run shell commandsNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Run dynamic codeNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Read or write filesNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Read environment and secretsNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Control a web browserNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Connect to databasesNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Read or send messagesNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Touch money or tradingNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Connect to the internetNot run in this scan
"Not seen" means our checks did not find it, and the tool may still do it. Covers commit 6dc3b8c, Nov 5, 2026. See the scan policy.
Before you install Contrarian
AgenticMart scanned Contrarian on Nov 5, 2026 with automated checks for hidden code, known-malicious packages, leaked secrets and vulnerable dependencies. The result covers one commit under our scan policy, so review what access you give it and check any advisories shown here.
What it can access
- A skill is instructions plus optional scripts. The instructions steer your agent; any scripts run on your machine when the agent uses the skill.
Before you install
- Pin the version you reviewed instead of always installing the latest release.
- Read the tool list or scripts before the first run, and keep approval prompts on for actions that write, send or delete.
- Maintained by aaddrick on GitHub, 44 stars and 2 forks. Popularity is not proof of safety.
- Last code change: Oct 7, 2026.
- Open-source license: Unlicense.
Contrarian is an open-source agent skill by aaddrick, written mainly in Python. Devil's advocate for coding agents. Stress-tests plans, architecture and decisions with a steel-man, an assumption audit and a pre-mortem, then gives severity-rated findings and a verdict. Works in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot and 12 more.
At a glance
- Stars
- 44
- Forks
- 2
- Language
- Python
- License
- Unlicense
- Created
- Mar 2026
- Last update
- Oct 7, 2026
- Type
- Agent Skill
- Price
- Free
Topics
Questions about Contrarian
What is Contrarian?
Devil's advocate for coding agents. Stress-tests plans, architecture and decisions with a steel-man, an assumption audit and a pre-mortem, then gives severity-rated findings and a verdict. Works in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot and 12 more.
Who maintains Contrarian?
Contrarian is maintained by aaddrick on GitHub (aaddrick/contrarian). AgenticMart lists it from public repository data.
Is Contrarian safe to use?
AgenticMart scanned Contrarian on Nov 5, 2026 with automated checks for hidden code, known-malicious packages, leaked secrets and vulnerable dependencies. The result covers one commit under our scan policy, so review what access you give it and check any advisories shown here.
What license does Contrarian use?
It is published under the Unlicense license.
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