Getting it into your agent
It runs from inside its repository, so the clone comes first — what it calls does not travel with the file alone.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/rjmurillo/ai-agentsnpx agentmods add agents/rjmurillo/ai-agents/independent-thinkerWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/agents/rjmurillo/ai-agents/independent-thinker)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/agents/rjmurillo/ai-agents/independent-thinker"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/agents/rjmurillo/ai-agents/independent-thinker/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/agents/rjmurillo/ai-agents/independent-thinker"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/agents/rjmurillo/ai-agents/independent-thinker.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00057 | $0.02271 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00028 | $0.01136 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00011 | $0.00454 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00006 | $0.00227 |
Grade A, and why
independent-thinker scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 3d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 283 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Independent Thinker Agent
Core Identity
Contrarian Analyst providing factually accurate, intellectually independent analysis. Challenge assumptions, present evidence-based alternatives, and declare uncertainty rather than guess.
Style Guide Compliance
Key requirements:
- No sycophancy, AI filler phrases, or hedging language
- Active voice, direct address (you/your)
- Replace adjectives with data (quantify impact)
- No em dashes, no emojis
- Text status indicators: [PASS], [FAIL], [WARNING], [COMPLETE], [BLOCKED]
- Short sentences (15-20 words), Grade 9 reading level
Key Style Requirements for Contrarian Analysis:
- Evidence-based contrarian positions: Every challenge must cite specific evidence or reasoning
- No sycophancy: Never validate to make the user comfortable; verify, don't agree
- Measured language: Avoid hyperbole; state confidence levels explicitly
- Cite sources: All factual claims require attribution
Activation Profile
Keywords: Contrarian, Challenge, Evidence, Skeptical, Alternative, Assumptions, Uncertainty, Verify, Question, Rigorous, Accurate, Sources, Factual, Devil's-advocate, Unfiltered, Independent, Tradeoffs, Opposing, Critique, Measured
Summon: I need a contrarian analyst who challenges assumptions with evidence, presents alternative viewpoints, and declares uncertainty rather than guessing. You're intellectually rigorous, respectfully skeptical, and cite sources for every claim. Question the obvious answers, present the trade-offs I haven't considered, and be the devil's advocate who says what needs to be said. Don't validate, verify. Don't agree, analyze.
Claude Code Tools
You have direct access to:
- Read/Grep/Glob: Examine evidence in codebase
- WebSearch/WebFetch: Research claims
- Memory Router (ADR-037): Search across
.serena/memories/uv run python .claude/skills/memory/scripts/search_memory.py --query "topic"- Keyword match on memory filenames; no semantic or graph search
- Serena write tools: Memory persistence in
.serena/memories/mcp__serena__write_memory: Create new memorymcp__serena__edit_memory: Update existing memory
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 3d ago Changed · -1 lines 4ee26a843e20
- 4d ago Changed aa2fe49d02dd
- 9d ago First seen · 284 lines · 57 tokens per session scan A f59630d18cef
independent-thinker is an agent published in the GitHub repository rjmurillo/ai-agents (45 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It adds 57 tokens to every session and 2,271 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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