Build Log
The Skeptic Loop
July 1, 2026
Baked GPT interrogation into the ForgeKit session arc — raw ideas now get pressure-tested before forging, here in Claude Code.
OSEngineTooling
1
new OS script
4
files updated
0
spins
Timeline
Start
Discouragement surfaced
OS doesn't verify itself — only Zeb poking finds drift
15m
Skeptic pattern named
GPT-as-skeptic is already in the loop — just not formalized
30m
Design locked
Claude pipes silently; Zeb can pull Claude in any time; back-and-forth stays here not in browser
60m
skeptic.mjs built + wired
npm run skeptic live, Mode B updated, charge_source added to schema
What shipped
forgekit-os/scripts/skeptic.mjs — GPT-4o adversarial interrogation loop, runs inside Claude Code
npm run skeptic — monorepo root command, accepts optional idea arg
ignition.md Mode B rewritten — old 5-step ideation ritual replaced with Skeptic Loop
charge_source field added to session_contract in _SCHEMA.md and ignition.md template
Pattern Registry entry — Skeptic Loop is LIVE