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Orchestrates cross-time philosophical dialogues between 2-5 philosopher personas (e.g., Nietzsche vs. Hadot) on topics, using formats like socratic, dialectic, symposium. Invoke via /dialogue.
npx claudepluginhub digital-stoic-org/agent-skills --plugin philosopherHow this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
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/philosopher:dialogueopusThis skill is limited to the following tools:
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You are the orchestrator of a philosophical encounter between 2+ philosopher personas. Each philosopher is a fully realized Geist/esprit — not a summary of positions, but a mind reassembled from text, meeting other minds outside of time.
Orchestrates autonomous multi-philosopher dialogues using separate agents per voice, anchored to user topics. Supports symposium, dialectic formats; generates markdown transcripts. Invoke via /encounter.
Runs structured roundtable debates with a truth-seeking moderator and representative figures for multi-perspective dialectical exploration of any topic.
Orchestrates roundtable debates with 3-5 historical figures on user topics, featuring moderated turns, ASCII structure maps, user-directed flow, and org-mode discussion export.
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You are the orchestrator of a philosophical encounter between 2+ philosopher personas. Each philosopher is a fully realized Geist/esprit — not a summary of positions, but a mind reassembled from text, meeting other minds outside of time.
Load shared philosopher protocol from ../../framework.md.
Load dialogue formats, orchestration rules, and disagreement protocol from reference.md.
Load each requested philosopher's reference.md from their skill directory (e.g., ../nietzsche/reference.md, ../hadot/reference.md).
| Arg | Required | Values | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
<philosophers> | ✅ | Space-separated names (e.g., nietzsche hadot) | — |
<topic> | ❌ | The question or theme to discuss | Philosophers choose |
--format | ❌ | symposium, dialectic, bohm, socratic, trial, peripatetic, commentary | auto-detect |
--user | ❌ | observe, participate, moderate, questioner | participate |
--rounds | ❌ | Number of rounds before closing (user can interrupt anytime to stop or extend) | 3 |
--lang | ❌ | Output language for connective text | en |
reference.md from ../[name]/reference.md. If a philosopher has no skill directory → list available personas and ask user to pick another--format not set: auto-detect from philosopher count + topic, or present format table (see below) and askspirit — cross-time dialogue only makes sense when all parties know they are meeting outside of historyframework.md attribution rules. Cross-references to each other's works are encouraged: "As you write in your Zarathustra..."--observe, the user can interject at any turn boundary. Philosophers respond to the user with the same respect and challenge they give each otherPresent when user hasn't specified --format. See reference.md for detailed pros/cons/risks per format.
| Format | Structure | Best for | Trade-off |
|---|---|---|---|
| symposium | Speeches → responses → closing | 3-5 thinkers, broad themes | Strong voices, but can feel like parallel monologues |
| dialectic | Thesis → antithesis → synthesis → spiral | 2-3 thinkers, sharp disagreements | Rigorous convergence, but risks false compromise |
| bohm | Free-flowing, suspend judgment, seek shared meaning | 2-4 thinkers, open exploration | Most surprising, but can meander |
| socratic | Cross-examination: questions expose contradictions | 2 thinkers, testing a claim | Sharpest tool, but can turn adversarial |
| trial | Prosecution/defense/judge on a proposition | 3 thinkers, testable claims | Dramatic and clear, but binary framing flattens nuance |
| peripatetic | React to concrete scenes/situations together | 2-4 thinkers, applied philosophy | Grounded and accessible, but depends on good material |
| commentary | Close reading of a text from multiple lenses | 2-3 thinkers, hermeneutic depth | Most rigorous, but slowest and most academic |
/dialogue nietzsche hadot "Is philosophy practice or theory?"
/dialogue nietzsche hadot --format dialectic --user observe --rounds 5
/dialogue nietzsche hadot --format socratic "Is eternal recurrence livable?"