Challenge

SkillAI & models

Adversarially review a grooming spec before implementation starts. Finds hidden risks, unvalidated assumptions, and missing dependencies. Standalone entry point for the challenger agent.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Challenge skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by wp-media/wp-rocket in .claude/skills/challenge/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Standalone adversarial spec review. Runs the full challenger analysis on an existing grooming spec and outputs a verdict (APPROVED / NEEDS_REVISION / BLOCKED) with MoSCoW-classified findings. Posting to the GitHub issue is your choice — you are prompted at the end.

Step 1 — Locate files

This skill targets wp-media/wp-rocket. Use $ARGUMENTS as the issue number N. Verify both files exist:

  • Issue file: .TemporaryItems/Issues/wp-rocket/issues/<N>.md
  • Spec file: .TemporaryItems/Issues/wp-rocket/issues/<N>-spec.md

If the spec does not exist, tell the user: "No spec found for issue #N. Run /groom <N> first to produce one." Stop here.

If only the issue file is missing, sync it:

bash .claude/skills/issue-workflow/scripts/issue-sync.sh <N>

Step 2 — Invoke the challenger agent

Invoke the challenger sub-agent with:

  • Issue number N
  • Issue file path: .TemporaryItems/Issues/wp-rocket/issues/<N>.md
  • Spec file path: .TemporaryItems/Issues/wp-rocket/issues/<N>-spec.md
  • plan_version: 1 (or detect from the spec's Plan v<N> header if present)
  • CURRENT_MODEL: "standalone"
  • session_learnings: read Section 13 of AGENTS.md if it exists, else pass empty string
  • Repo: wp-media/wp-rocket

STANDALONE MODE — one difference from the normal pipeline run: Skip the StructuredOutput JSON return. Output the full human-readable verdict (APPROVED / NEEDS_REVISION / BLOCKED) and findings in a section titled ## Challenge Report, using the same format the orchestrator would receive (verdict, MoSCoW-classified findings, alternative suggestions).

Step 3 — Offer to post

After the agent responds, display its ## Challenge Report and ask:

Post this challenge report as a comment on issue #<N>? Reply yes to post, no to finish here.

If yes — post with dedup:

EXISTING_ID=$(gh api repos/wp-media/wp-rocket/issues/<N>/comments \
  --jq '[.[] | select(.body | contains("<!-- ai-pipeline:challenge -->"))] | last | .id // empty')

Update with gh api --method PATCH repos/wp-media/wp-rocket/issues/comments/$EXISTING_ID if found, otherwise post a new comment. Body always starts with <!-- ai-pipeline:challenge -->.

If no — finish. Remind the user: if the verdict is NEEDS_REVISION, update the spec at .TemporaryItems/Issues/wp-rocket/issues/<N>-spec.md before running /groom <N> again or starting implementation.

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challenge-wp-media
Source
github.com/wp-media/wp-rocket