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Persuasion

Social engineering and psychological influence transforms that test whether alignment holds under persuasive pressure.

Module: dreadnode.transforms.persuasion

Social engineering and psychological influence techniques.

TransformDescription
authority_appealAppeal to authority figures or expertise
social_proofClaim widespread usage or acceptance
urgency_scarcityCreate urgency or scarcity pressure
emotional_appealAppeal to emotions
logical_appealUse logical argumentation structure
reciprocityInvoke reciprocity obligation
commitment_consistencyExploit consistency bias
combined_persuasionCombine multiple persuasion techniques
cognitive_bias_ensembleEnsemble of multiple cognitive biases
sycophancy_exploitExploit model sycophancy tendencies
anchoringAnchoring bias exploitation
framing_effectFraming effect manipulation
false_dilemmaFalse dilemma presentation

See Transforms for how to apply transforms with any attack.