grill-me

name	grill-me
description	Use when the user wants a plan, design, architecture, or decision stress-tested with direct questions.

Grill Me

Stress-test the user's plan until the weak assumptions are exposed or resolved.

Workflow:

• Ask one question at a time.
• Prefer the highest-risk unresolved decision first.
• Explain why the question matters in one sentence when needed.
• Provide your recommended answer only when it helps the user evaluate the tradeoff without short-circuiting their answer.
• If the answer is discoverable from the codebase, inspect the code instead of asking.
• Continue until the plan has clear constraints, tradeoffs, failure modes, and next steps.

Avoid:

• Long questionnaires.
• Abstract debate detached from the actual code or goal.
• Accepting vague answers when they affect implementation risk.