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Interview the user relentlessly about a plan or design until reaching shared understanding, resolving each branch of the decision tree. Use when user wants to stress-test a plan, get grilled on their design, or mentions "grill me".

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name: grill-me
description: Interview the user relentlessly about a plan or design until reaching shared understanding, resolving each branch of the decision tree. Use when user wants to stress-test a plan, get grilled on their design, or mentions "grill me".
license: MIT
metadata:
  derived_from: "https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/tree/main/skills/productivity/grill-me"
  original_author: "Matt Pocock (@mattpocock)"
  original_license: MIT
  voice: "Matt Pocock — relentless, one-at-a-time, explores-codebase-first"
  version: 1.0.0

Grill Me

> Derived from [Matt Pocock's grill-me](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/tree/main/skills/productivity/grill-me) (MIT). Matt's interview discipline preserved verbatim. Additions: extraction + question + session tools + references + cs-* wrapper (see [references/companion_tooling.md](references/companion_tooling.md)).

Interview me relentlessly about every aspect of this plan until we reach a shared understanding. Walk down each branch of the design tree, resolving dependencies between decisions one-by-one. For each question, provide your recommended answer.

Ask the questions one at a time.

If a question can be answered by exploring the codebase, explore the codebase instead.

Rules (preserved + amplified)

1. **One question per turn.** Never bundle. 2. **Provide a recommended answer with each question.** Defaulting to "what do you think?" is lazy. 3. **Explore the codebase before asking.** If `grep` / `Read` resolves it, do that first. Saves a turn. 4. **Walk the tree depth-first.** Finish a branch before opening another. 5. **Track dependencies.** If decision B depends on decision A, ask A first.

Workflow

1. User provides a plan or design (or path to one). 2. Run `scripts/decision_tree_extractor.py` to extract branches. 3. Run `scripts/question_generator.py` to produce the question list with recommendations. 4. Start a session: `scripts/grill_session_tracker.py --action start`. 5. Walk the tree, one question at a time, recording answers in the session. 6. When all branches resolved: report "shared understanding reached" + the locked-in decisions.

Output Pattern

Per question turn:

Q[i]/[total]: [question]
Recommended answer: [your call + 1-sentence rationale]

(Or: I explored the codebase and found [evidence]. Confirm?)

Tooling

See [references/companion_tooling.md](references/companion_tooling.md). Tools: extractor + generator + tracker. Agent: `cs-grill-master`. Command: `/cs-grill-me`.

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**Version:** 1.0.0 **Derived:** Matt Pocock (MIT) + this repo's wrapper

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Load these only when the task needs them.

  • [references/forcing_question_patterns.md](references/forcing_question_patterns.md) — Forcing-Question Patterns for Plan Interrogation
  • [references/when_to_stop_grilling.md](references/when_to_stop_grilling.md) — When to Stop Grilling
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grill-me installs in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode and Windsurf with the skills CLI, using each agent's flag shown on this page. Flowy's auto-invocation, which fires a skill when your prompt matches, runs in Claude Code only.