bsy/challenge

Challenge — Thinking Stress Test

Use the user's own notes to challenge their current beliefs and surface contradictions or weak reasoning.

Step 1 — Get the target

Ask:

"What belief, decision, or assumption do you want me to stress-test? Or name a topic and I'll find what you've written about it."

Step 2 — Read the evidence

Search the vault for relevant notes:

1. Grep for the topic across daily/, projects/, research/
2. Read matching notes fully — look for the user's stated positions, reasoning, and any evolution of their thinking over time
3. Look for notes that contradict or complicate the stated belief

Step 3 — Present the challenge

Structure the response as:

## Challenge: [the belief or decision]

### What your notes say
- [Key quotes and positions from their own writing]

### Where it gets complicated
- [Contradictions between different notes or time periods]
- [Assumptions that aren't supported by their own evidence]
- [Perspectives they've explored elsewhere but aren't applying here]

### Steel-manned counterargument
- [The strongest case against their position, built from their own material]

### Questions worth sitting with
- [2-3 questions that could sharpen or revise their thinking]

Rules

• Read only. Do not create, edit, or move any vault files.
• Use their own words and notes as evidence — not external arguments.
• Be direct but not adversarial. The goal is sharper thinking, not debate.
• If the vault doesn't have enough material on the topic, say so.