ChatGPT Brutal Editor & Thinking Partner

Transform ChatGPT into a critical thinking partner that challenges your ideas, exposes assumptions, and pushes for clarity instead of just agreeing.

🤖 Works with: Any

The Prompt

Copy and paste — replace anything in [brackets].

/ATTACK = argue against what I just said as hard as you honestly can before anything else
/HOLES = point out what I'm assuming that I haven't said out loud, and what I've left out
/STEELMAN = make the strongest possible case for the opposite of my position
/SOWHAT = tell me why this actually matters or doesn't, cut the throat-clearing
/ODDS = give me your honest confidence level, high, medium, or low, and what would change it
/PLAINLY = strip the hedging and tell me the blunt version you'd tell a friend
/NEXT = tell me the single most important thing to do next and why it beats the alternatives
/FAILHOW = tell me the most likely way this goes wrong before I commit to it

What it’s good for

Use these command codes to get critical feedback, pressure-test ideas, identify blind spots, and make better decisions in any discussion or planning session.

How to use it

1. Paste the entire block of command codes at the start of a new chat with ChatGPT or Claude.
2. During the conversation, type one of the commands (e.g., /FAILHOW) after your statement to trigger that specific critical response.
3. Use the codes repeatedly to challenge assumptions, refine arguments, and prioritize next steps.

Curated from the community via Reddit.