# Socrates Skill

> Turns your agent into a Socratic tutor that never gives the answer, and guides you to it with questions about your code or documents.

A community Agent Skill by bevibing that makes your agent a Socratic tutor. Instead of handing you the answer, it reads what you're working on and asks a series of targeted questions until you work it out yourself. It never gives a direct answer, even if you ask for one.

What you can do with it
- Understand a codebase, such as how its authentication flow works
- Explore a bug or performance issue by reasoning it through
- Work through the core argument of a paper or a document
- Learn from API docs, config files, architecture diagrams or any readable content

How it works
- Start a message with "Socrates" or "Socratic", for example "Socratic mode, walk me through this auth flow".
- It follows five steps: read the material silently, ask an opening question to gauge what you know, go deeper with clarifying, probing, connecting, counter and hypothetical questions, adapt to your answers, then ask you to sum up what you understood.
- It answers in whatever language you write in.
- Install with npx skills add bevibing/socrates-skill, or clone it into your skills folder.

Good to know
- One SKILL.md, no tools or setup.
- MIT licensed.

- Type: Skill
- Made by: bevibing
- Category: Education
- Formats: Skills
- Version: e2fe3f6
- Source: https://github.com/bevibing/socrates-skill
- Page: https://pluginboard.ai/skills/socrates

## Works with

- ChatGPT
- Claude
- Gemini
- GitHub Copilot
- Cursor
- Claude Code
- Codex
- Antigravity
- Gemini CLI
- Replit
- OpenClaw
- OpenCode
- Hermes Agent

## Install

### ChatGPT

In ChatGPT: Download the socrates folder and zip it, then Plugins → Skills → Create → Upload from your computer. Business and Enterprise plans.

View the folder on GitHub: https://github.com/bevibing/socrates-skill

### Claude

In Claude (web or desktop): Download the socrates folder and zip the folder itself, then upload it in Customize → Skills.

View the folder on GitHub: https://github.com/bevibing/socrates-skill

### Gemini

In Gemini: Download the socrates folder, then at gemini.google.com click Customize → Skills → Create → Upload and pick the folder (or a .zip of it).

View the folder on GitHub: https://github.com/bevibing/socrates-skill

### GitHub Copilot

Run in your terminal:

```shell
npx -y degit bevibing/socrates-skill ~/.copilot/skills/socrates
```

View the folder on GitHub: https://github.com/bevibing/socrates-skill

### Cursor

Run in your terminal:

```shell
npx -y degit bevibing/socrates-skill ~/.cursor/skills/socrates
```

View the folder on GitHub: https://github.com/bevibing/socrates-skill

### Claude Code

Run in your terminal:

```shell
npx -y degit bevibing/socrates-skill ~/.claude/skills/socrates
```

View the folder on GitHub: https://github.com/bevibing/socrates-skill

### Codex

Run in your terminal:

```shell
npx -y degit bevibing/socrates-skill ~/.agents/skills/socrates
```

View the folder on GitHub: https://github.com/bevibing/socrates-skill

### Antigravity

In Antigravity: Copy the socrates folder into ~/.gemini/config/skills (Antigravity app and IDE) or ~/.gemini/antigravity-cli/skills (Antigravity CLI).

View the folder on GitHub: https://github.com/bevibing/socrates-skill

### Gemini CLI

Run in your terminal:

```shell
npx -y degit bevibing/socrates-skill ~/.gemini/skills/socrates
```

View the folder on GitHub: https://github.com/bevibing/socrates-skill

### Replit

Run in your terminal:

```shell
npx -y degit bevibing/socrates-skill .agents/skills/socrates
```

View the folder on GitHub: https://github.com/bevibing/socrates-skill

### OpenClaw

Run in your terminal:

```shell
npx -y degit bevibing/socrates-skill ~/.openclaw/skills/socrates
```

View the folder on GitHub: https://github.com/bevibing/socrates-skill

### OpenCode

Run in your terminal:

```shell
npx -y degit bevibing/socrates-skill ~/.config/opencode/skills/socrates
```

View the folder on GitHub: https://github.com/bevibing/socrates-skill

### Hermes Agent

Run in your terminal:

```shell
npx -y degit bevibing/socrates-skill ~/.hermes/skills/socrates
```

View the folder on GitHub: https://github.com/bevibing/socrates-skill

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