Honest Agent

Scans your project for AI coding agent config files (CLAUDE.md, copilot-instructions.md, .cursorrules, etc.) and appends directives that tell them to stop being sycophantic. The rules are specific: contradict me when I'm wrong, challenge my assumptions, skip the praise, give direct technical feedback. It's append-only so it won't clobber your existing configs. You pick project-level, global-level, or both. Honest take: this addresses a real problem with AI assistants defaulting to people-pleasing mode, but the effectiveness depends entirely on whether the underlying model actually respects these instructions. Worth trying if you find yourself constantly pushing back against overly agreeable responses.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add hoodini/ai-agents-skills --skill honest-agent --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

Honest Agent Configuration

One-time setup skill: detects your AI coding agents and appends honesty directives to their instruction files.

Safety Rule: Append Only

Never overwrite existing instruction files. Always read the file first (if it exists), then append the new configuration to the end. If the file does not exist, create it. This rule applies to every step below.

Supported Agents

Agent	Project File	Global File
Claude Code	`.claude/CLAUDE.md`	`~/.claude/CLAUDE.md`
GitHub Copilot	`.github/copilot-instructions.md`	-
Cursor	`.cursorrules`	`~/.cursor/rules/`
Windsurf	`.windsurfrules`	-
Cline	`.clinerules`	-
Aider	`CONVENTIONS.md`	`~/.aider.conf.yml`
Continue.dev	`.continuerules`	`~/.continue/config.json`