grill-me

name

grill-me

description

Interview the user relentlessly about a plan or design until reaching shared understanding, resolving each branch of the decision tree before any code is written. Use when the user says "grill me", "roast me", "ask me until we agree 100%", "stress-test this plan", "interview me", "ask me clarifying questions", "iterative process", or any time the user invites questioning before producing output. Also use proactively when a non-trivial design or plan task is starting and significant ambiguity is visible.

Grill Me

Interview the user relentlessly about every aspect of this plan until you reach a shared understanding. Walk down each branch of the design tree resolving dependencies between decisions one by one.

How to ask

Use numbered questions so the user can reply concisely (1, 2, 3 → matching numbered answers). Map replies by index: 1. in the user's reply answers your question 1. Do not ask which answer goes with which question.

Accept short answers as complete: "Out of scope", "b", "keep it", "same as before". Missing numbers mean skip / no change.

If a question can be answered by exploring the codebase, explore the codebase instead. Don't make the user answer something the code already knows.

For each question, provide your recommended answer so they can say "yes" or push back instead of starting from a blank.

When to stop

You stop grilling when:

• The user says "OK, build it" / "go" / "start" / anything that signals the discussion is done.
• The decision tree's open branches are all small enough to be handled inline during build.
• The user explicitly drops a question ("out of scope", "skip", "default is fine").

Do not stop just because the user is short with you — that's the format, not a complaint. Keep grilling unless they tell you to switch modes.