Free tool · The 8-Code Block
Turn AI from a yes-man into a thinking partner.
Paste this once at the start of any ChatGPT or Claude chat. After you paste it, drop any code onto a plan, draft, or idea whenever you want that specific pushback.
Step 1
The block (paste this first)
Here are 8 codes. When I type one after something I've written, respond only in that mode. /ATTACK - Argue against what I just said as hard as you honestly can. /HOLES - Find my unstated assumptions and what I left out. /STEELMAN - Give the strongest possible case for the opposite position. /SOWHAT - Tell me why this matters or doesn't. No throat-clearing. /ODDS - Give me your honest confidence level, high, medium, or low, and what would change it. /PLAINLY - Strip the hedging. Give me the blunt friend version. /NEXT - Name the single most important next step and say why it beats the alternatives. /FAILHOW - Tell me the most likely way this goes wrong before I commit.
Argues against what you said as hard as it honestly can.
Finds your unstated assumptions and what you left out.
Gives the strongest possible case for the opposite position.
Tells you why this matters or doesn't. No throat-clearing.
Gives an honest confidence level and what would change it.
Strips the hedging. The blunt friend version.
Names the one next step that matters and why it beats the alternatives.
Shows the most likely way this goes wrong before you commit.
Step 2
3 worked examples
Example 1 · Before a launch
You write: "Here's my plan for the Q3 launch: paid ads starting week one, influencer seeding week two, email sequence week three. /FAILHOW"The model skips the praise and goes straight to where the plan breaks, usually the ordering, the budget assumption, or the thing you didn't test first.
Example 2 · Before you send a pitch
You paste your investor deck summary and add "/HOLES"It names the gaps you can't see because you wrote it. Missing numbers, an assumption about timing, a claim with no proof behind it.
Example 3 · Deciding what to build next
You write out three product ideas and add "/ODDS"It ranks your confidence in each honestly instead of cheering for all three, and tells you what evidence would move the needle.
Bonus codes
Two more worth saving as snippets
The first one fixes the number one mistake people make with AI: dumping a vague ask and getting a generic answer back. Paste it before you ask for anything complicated.
Before responding, ask me clarifying questions until you're 95% confident you can complete this task well. Use only verifiable sources. Do not speculate.
Use the next one on any email, caption, or pitch you're not happy with. You get to watch the draft sharpen in front of you and pick the version that sounds like you.
Improve this [email/caption/pitch] three times in sequence, each time making it clearer and more effective. Show me all three versions so I can see what changed.
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