Critical Thinking Analysis

Invoke the advisor agent to analyze proposals, validate alignment, and identify risks before implementation.

Implementation

Invoke the advisor agent with the user's proposal.

ARGUMENTS: {{ARGUMENTS}}

Use the Task tool to invoke the advisor agent with subagent_type="advisor" and provide the proposal from ARGUMENTS.

What This Does

You describe a proposal or decision point. The advisor agent will:

1. Validate alignment with PROJECT.md goals, scope, and constraints
2. Analyze complexity cost vs benefit
3. Identify technical and project risks
4. Suggest simpler alternatives
5. Provide clear recommendation (PROCEED/CAUTION/RECONSIDER/REJECT)

Time: 2-3 minutes

Usage

/advise Add Redis for caching

/advise Refactor to microservices architecture

/advise Switch from REST to GraphQL

/advise Add real-time collaboration features

Output

The advisor provides:

• Alignment Score (0-10): How well proposal serves PROJECT.md goals
• Decision: PROCEED / CAUTION / RECONSIDER / REJECT
• Complexity Assessment: Estimated LOC, files, time
• Pros/Cons: Trade-off analysis
• Alternatives: Simpler, more robust, or hybrid approaches
• Risk Assessment: What could go wrong

When to Use

Use /advise when making significant decisions:

• Adding new dependencies (Redis, Elasticsearch, etc.)
• Architecture changes (microservices, event-driven, etc.)
• Scope expansions (mobile support, multi-tenancy, etc.)
• Technology replacements (GraphQL vs REST, etc.)
• Scale changes (handling 100K users, etc.)

Integration

The advisor-triggers skill automatically suggests /advise when it detects significant decision patterns in your requests.

Next Steps

After receiving advice:

1. PROCEED: Continue with /plan or /auto-implement
2. CAUTION: Address concerns, then proceed
3. RECONSIDER: Evaluate alternatives before proceeding
4. REJECT: Don't implement, or update PROJECT.md first

Comparison

Command	Time	What It Does
/advise	2-3 min	Critical analysis (this command)
/research	2-5 min	Pattern and best practice research
/plan	3-5 min	Architecture planning
/auto-implement	20-30 min	Full pipeline

Technical Details

This command invokes the advisor agent with:

• Model: Opus (deep reasoning for critical analysis)
• Tools: Read, Grep, Glob, Bash, WebSearch, WebFetch
• Permissions: Read-only analysis (cannot modify code)

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Part of: Core workflow commands Related: /plan, /auto-implement, advisor-triggers skill GitHub Issue: #158