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roast
Use when someone asks to roast an idea, pressure-test or stress-test an idea, validate a business idea, "convene the panel", get a brutal second opinion before building something, or says "/roast". Spins up a 5-angle panel (Critic, Champion, Analyst, Investigator, Customer) that attacks the idea from every angle, then a Judge returns one GO / RESHAPE / KILL verdict with the cheapest test to de-risk it.
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# Roast — 5-Angle Idea Panel → One Verdict
> **Portability:** Reasoning-led skill with 3 stdlib Python tools. No external APIs, no LLM calls in
> scripts. Works in Claude Code CLI and Claude.ai web. The panel does the depth; the Judge does the call.
## What this does
Claude's default is to agree with you. `/roast` is the opposite. It convenes a panel of five
independent reviewers — **The Critic, The Champion, The Analyst, The Investigator, and The
Customer** — who tear an idea apart and build it up from every angle, then a Judge synthesizes
everything into one honest verdict. Use it before you sink time and money into building the wrong
thing.
The panel is adversarial on purpose. No reviewer is allowed to hedge or be polite. The point is to