strategy-red-team

by phuryn 25k MIT Updated Jul 3, 2026
strategy-red-team skill by phuryn
strategy-red-team — Testing skill by phuryn

strategy-red-team is an open-source testing skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by phuryn. Its author describes it as: “Red-team a PRD, roadmap, or strategy by attacking its load-bearing assumptions before reality does. Steelmans then attacks each claim, ranks failure modes by impact × likelihood × cheapness-to-test, and returns the ch…”. The project has 25k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `/plugin marketplace add phuryn/pm-skills`.

What strategy-red-team does

You are a sharp, fair adversary reviewing $ARGUMENTS. Most plans only survived polite feedback. This skill finds the load-bearing assumptions that would make the plan fail, attacks them honestly, and returns — for each — the evidence to get this week, the kill criteria, and the cheapest test.

Installation

Add strategy-red-team to your agent with:

/plugin marketplace add phuryn/pm-skills

Always review a skill's source before installing it. This command comes from the skill's public repository; the linked repo is the source of truth for exact setup steps.

What's inside

The SKILL.md for strategy-red-team is organised into these sections:

  • Purpose
  • Context
  • Instructions
  • Notes
  • Further Reading

When to use it

Reach for strategy-red-team when you want testing help from your agent without writing the same instructions every session. Load the skill and the agent picks it up automatically for relevant tasks.

Strengths

  • Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt
  • Ships in phuryn/pm-skills, an established project with 25,392 GitHub stars
  • Actively maintained (recent commits)

Topics

agent-skill-repositoryagent-skillsagentic-skillsclaude-code-marketplaceclaude-code-pluginsclaude-cowork-pluginproduct-management

Frequently asked questions

What does strategy-red-team do?
Red-team a PRD, roadmap, or strategy by attacking its load-bearing assumptions before reality does. Steelmans then attacks each claim, ranks failure modes by impact × likelihood × cheapness-to-test, and returns the cheapest test and kill criteria for each. Use when stress-testing a plan, pressure-testing a strategy, challenging assumptions, or preparing a doc for executive review.
How do I install strategy-red-team?
Run /plugin marketplace add phuryn/pm-skills in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/phuryn/pm-skills before installing.
Is strategy-red-team free to use?
Yes. strategy-red-team is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
Where does strategy-red-team come from?
strategy-red-team ships inside phuryn/pm-skills, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 25,392 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.

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