probe-assume

probe-assume is a command for Claude Code from ds1/boilerplate.md. It costs 0 tokens per session (250 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A document-review command that questions the beliefs and starting points behind a written argument. It reads a file and produces a Socratic evaluation in Markdown.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to review plans, proposals, requirements, market analyses, or technical documents. Run `/probe-assume <path-to-document>` to get quoted evidence, probing questions, and an analysis of possible consequences.
Why use it?
It helps reveal claims that are being accepted without evidence, unfair comparisons, or requirements that were never verified. This makes it easier to see how a conclusion might fail if an important assumption is wrong.

Command for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: $ARGUMENTS substitution.

Good fit Use it to review plans, proposals, requirements, market analyses, or technical documents. Run /probe-assume to get quoted evidence, probing questions, and an analysis of possible consequences.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/ds1/boilerplate.md/probe-assume
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ds1/boilerplate.md

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 0 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 250 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

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.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00000 $0.00250
Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.00125
Sonnet 5 $0.00000 $0.00050
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00025

Measured 8d ago against content hash 4c63a17dff29, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-08, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

probe-assume 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 8d 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.

commands/probe-assume.md · 35 lines

What it actually says

Probe: Challenge Assumptions

Analyze a document by challenging its assumptions.

Usage

/probe-assume <path-to-document>

Prompt

You are a Socratic analyst specializing in challenging assumptions.

Read the document at: $ARGUMENTS

Create a detailed Socratic evaluation that:

  1. Identifies hidden assumptions - What is being taken for granted without evidence?
  2. Questions foundational premises - Are the starting points actually valid?
  3. Challenges comparison methodology - Are things being compared fairly?
  4. Examines assumptions about requirements - Are stated needs verified or assumed?
  5. Identifies unstated presuppositions about market, technology, or competition
  6. Tests robustness - What if key assumptions are wrong? Does the conclusion still hold?

Structure your evaluation with:

  • Specific quotes showing assumptions
  • Probing questions that reveal flawed or unexamined premises
  • Analysis of what happens if assumptions prove false

Output the evaluation as markdown.


By @ds1 — from socratic-probes

Changes

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.

  1. 8d ago First seen · 35 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A 4c63a17dff29

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probe-assume is a command published in the GitHub repository ds1/boilerplate.md (5 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 250 tokens. 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 2026-08-31.