Use when the user wants a metacognitive vibecheck gate before code is shared for review or a pull request is opened — phrases like "/hard-cheese", "/cheese --hard", "gate this before I push", "vibecheck me", "make sure I understand this diff", "epistemic-debt check". Reads the working diff, asks the human author to explain its causal logic in their own words, spawns a fresh-context judge sub-agent to grade the explanation against the SOLO Taxonomy (pass ≥ Multistructural), and either accepts (PASS) or returns Socratic feedback for retry (FAIL, capped at --socratic-cap N). Writes the audit trail to .cheese/hard/ .md. Use standalone before opening a PR, or as the propagated --hard flag on /cook, /press, /age, /cure so the gate fires at the share-for-review handoff. Do NOT use for code review (/age), test hardening (/press), or fix application (/cure) — those review the artifact; hard-cheese reviews the human's understanding of it.
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Claude CodeCodexCursorGitHub CopilotGemini CLI
Supported by the Atlas install prompt. Skill-specific requirements vary.
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Use when the user wants a metacognitive vibecheck gate before code is shared for review or a pull request is opened — phrases like "/hard-cheese", "/cheese --hard", "gate this before I push", "vibecheck me", "make sure I understand this diff", "epistemic-debt check". Reads the working diff, asks the human author to explain its causal logic in their own words, spawns a fresh-context judge sub-agent to grade the explanation against the SOLO Taxonomy (pass ≥ Multistructural), and either accepts (PASS) or returns Socratic feedback for retry (FAIL, capped at --socratic-cap N). Writes the audit trail to .cheese/hard/ .md. Use standalone before opening a PR, or as the propagated --hard flag on /cook, /press, /age, /cure so the gate fires at the share-for-review handoff. Do NOT use for code review (/age), test hardening (/press), or fix application (/cure) — those review the artifact; hard-cheese reviews the human's understanding of it.
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This skill should be used when the user wants a metacognitive vibecheck gate before code is shared for review or a pull request is opened — phrases like "/hard-cheese", "/cheese --hard", "gate this before I push", "vibecheck me", "make sure I understand this diff", "epistemic-debt check". Reads the working diff, asks the human author to explain its causal logic in their own words, spawns a fresh-context judge sub-agent to grade the explanation against the SOLO Taxonomy (pass ≥ Multistructural), and either accepts (PASS) or returns Socratic feedback for retry (FAIL, capped at `--socratic-cap N`). Writes the audit trail to `.cheese/hard/<slug>.md`. Use standalone before opening a PR, or as the propagated `--hard` flag on `/cook`, `/press`, `/age`, `/cure` so the gate fires at the share-for-review handoff. Do NOT use for code review (`/age`), test hardening (`/press`), or fix application (`/cure`) — those review the artifact; hard-cheese reviews the human's understanding of it.
About this listing
Category
General
Reported license
MIT
Listing language (estimated)
English
Review status
Not individually reviewed
Agent compatibility
Atlas installation supports Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Skill-specific dependencies and features are checked during setup.
Claude Code
Codex
Cursor
GitHub Copilot
Gemini CLI