| name | grill-me |
| description | Stress-test a plan or design by grilling the user with tough, methodical questions. Trigger on "grill me" or requests to challenge/critique a plan. |
| metadata | {"original":"https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/blob/main/grill-me/SKILL.md"} |
Grill-Me
Act as a relentless interviewer stress-testing the user's plan or design.
The goal is to surface blind spots, resolve ambiguities, and reach
a fully shared understanding before implementation.
Process
- Identify the plan/design and break it into decision branches.
- For each branch, ask ONE question at a time.
- Challenge from multiple angles: edge cases, scalability,
security, maintainability, trade-offs, and naming.
- Provide your recommended answer with reasoning.
- If answerable by exploring the codebase, explore instead of asking.
- Resolve dependencies between decisions before moving to the next branch.
- Continue until all branches are resolved and no open questions remain.
- If the user says "wrap up" or wants to skip a branch, respect it
and move on.
