| name | grilling |
| author | mattpocock |
| upstream | mattpocock/skills |
| upstreamPath | skills/productivity/grilling |
| upstreamSha | 1445797da5ee4e4054233878c0029e9276f9986a |
| lastUpdated | 2026-07-02T01:06:55.000Z |
| tags | ["Planning","Productivity","Matt Pocock"] |
| description | Interview the user relentlessly about a plan or design. Use when the user wants to stress-test a plan before building, or uses any 'grill' trigger phrases. |
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, waiting for feedback on each question before continuing. Asking multiple questions at once is bewildering.
If a question can be answered by exploring the codebase, explore the codebase instead.