socrates-skill MCP — Cas d'usage, Installer & Démo en direct

Pourquoi l'utiliser

Fonctionnalités clés

Never gives direct answers — enforces discovery
Works on code, docs, PDFs, configs, papers
Five-step loop: read -> assess -> guide -> adapt -> confirm
Auto-detects user language
Activated by keyword — no per-message ceremony

Démo en direct

Aperçu en pratique

socrates-skill.replay ▶ prêt

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Installer

Choisissez votre client

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "socrates-skill": {
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/bevibing/socrates-skill",
        "~/.claude/skills/socrates-skill"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Ouvrez Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config. Redémarrez après avoir enregistré.

~/.cursor/mcp.json · .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "socrates-skill": {
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/bevibing/socrates-skill",
        "~/.claude/skills/socrates-skill"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Cursor utilise le même schéma mcpServers que Claude Desktop. La config projet l'emporte sur la globale.

VS Code → Cline → MCP Servers → Edit

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "socrates-skill": {
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/bevibing/socrates-skill",
        "~/.claude/skills/socrates-skill"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Cliquez sur l'icône MCP Servers dans la barre latérale Cline, puis "Edit Configuration".

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "socrates-skill": {
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/bevibing/socrates-skill",
        "~/.claude/skills/socrates-skill"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Même format que Claude Desktop. Redémarrez Windsurf pour appliquer.

~/.continue/config.json

{
  "mcpServers": [
    {
      "name": "socrates-skill",
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/bevibing/socrates-skill",
        "~/.claude/skills/socrates-skill"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Continue utilise un tableau d'objets serveur plutôt qu'une map.

~/.config/zed/settings.json

{
  "context_servers": {
    "socrates-skill": {
      "command": {
        "path": "git",
        "args": [
          "clone",
          "https://github.com/bevibing/socrates-skill",
          "~/.claude/skills/socrates-skill"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Ajoutez dans context_servers. Zed recharge à chaud à la sauvegarde.

claude mcp add socrates-skill -- git clone https://github.com/bevibing/socrates-skill ~/.claude/skills/socrates-skill

Une seule ligne. Vérifiez avec claude mcp list. Supprimez avec claude mcp remove.

Cas d'usage

Usages concrets : socrates-skill

Understand an unfamiliar codebase deeply

👤 Engineers onboarding to a new codebase ⏱ ~45 min intermediate

Quand l'utiliser : You inherited a codebase and want to learn it, not just skim.

Prérequis

Skill installed — git clone https://github.com/bevibing/socrates-skill ~/.claude/skills/socrates-skill

Déroulement

Ask Socratic to guide you through the auth flow

Socratic: help me understand the authentication flow in this repo. Start from the first request.✓ Copié

→ Claude asks: 'Where does the request first hit your code? Which file?'
Answer iteratively

Answer honestly where you're unsure.✓ Copié

→ Questions adapt to your depth of understanding
Summarize

At the end, summarize the flow — Claude confirms or corrects via more questions.✓ Copié

→ You wrote the summary, not Claude

Résultat : You actually understand the flow, verified by your own summary.

Pièges

Getting frustrated and begging for the answer — That's the point — the skill enforces. Step away and come back if stuck.

Combiner avec : filesystem

Work through a research paper with a Socratic guide

👤 Researchers, grad students ⏱ ~60 min intermediate

Quand l'utiliser : A paper is dense and you want to internalize the argument, not skim.

Déroulement

Point Claude at the PDF

Socrates — guide me through this paper's core argument. Start with the setup.✓ Copié

→ Opens with a gauge question
Iterate

Answer and ask for clarification when needed.✓ Copié

→ Progression from setup -> method -> results -> limits

Résultat : A clear mental model of the paper that survives your next conversation about it.

Combiner avec : arxiv

Debug a tricky performance issue through guided questioning

👤 Engineers who want to reason about a bug, not just take a fix ⏱ ~45 min advanced

Quand l'utiliser : A non-obvious performance or concurrency bug you want to really understand.

Déroulement

Describe symptoms

Use socratic method to explore performance issues in this code. Here are the symptoms.✓ Copié

→ Claude asks what you've measured, not what you suspect
Follow the questioning

Run the measurements Claude suggests; report back.✓ Copié

→ Funnel narrows to the actual cause

Résultat : You found the root cause and can explain it.

Combiner avec : chrome-devtools

Combinaisons

Associez-le à d'autres MCPs pour un effet X10

socrates-skill + filesystem

Claude reads source files silently before questioning

Socratic: walk me through the billing logic — read src/billing/ first.✓ Copié

socrates-skill + arxiv

Pair with arxiv to pull papers Claude will guide you through

Pull the RLHF paper from arxiv, then socratically teach me.✓ Copié

Outils

Ce que ce MCP expose

Outil	Entrées	Quand appeler	Coût
socratic_guide	material + goal	Include 'socratic' / 'socrates' / 소크라테스 in your message	0

Coût et limites

Coût d'exécution

Quota d'API: None
Tokens par appel: Low per turn; high across a long session
Monétaire: Free
Astuce: Use a mid-tier model — Opus is overkill for Socratic questioning

Sécurité

Permissions, secrets, portée

Stockage des identifiants : None

Sortie de données : None beyond the model call

Dépannage

Erreurs courantes et correctifs

Claude gives direct answers anyway

Reinforce by saying 'stick to Socratic method — no direct answers'

Questions feel too basic

Tell it your starting level: 'assume I know X'

Alternatives

socrates-skill vs autres

Alternative	Quand l'utiliser	Compromis
Regular chat	You just need the answer and will learn separately	No forced understanding

Plus

Ressources

📖 Lire le README officiel sur GitHub

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