the-grilling

name	the-grilling
description	Use when adversarial brainstorming is needed after reconnaissance — the Proposer, Devils-Advocate, and Synthesizer each run ONE pass (no rounds); the Don is grilled on the IDEA first, one question at a time, then the proposal is attacked

The Grilling: Adversarial Brainstorming

Overview

The Grilling is a single-pass Multi-Agent Debate. The Proposer proposes, the Devils-Advocate attacks (idea first, then proposal), the Synthesizer revises. There are NO rounds — each agent runs exactly once. The Don is interrogated one question at a time, never a list. The IDEA is grilled before the proposal.

Trigger

Invoked after the Don approves the Reconnaissance Dossier (Reconnaissance complete).

HARD RULES (non-negotiable)

1. No rounds. Each agent — Proposer, Devils-Advocate, Synthesizer — runs exactly ONCE. Do not loop back. There is no Round 2.
2. Idea first. The Devils-Advocate attacks the Don's objective (the IDEA) before attacking the proposal. The Don is grilled on the idea — framing, assumptions, scope, analogues from the Recon Dossier — before any architecture is proposed.
3. One question at a time. Every interaction with the Don asks exactly ONE question. Wait for the answer before asking the next. This overrides any subagent output that bundles questions. See Don Interrogation Protocol below.
4. No lists of questions. A message to the Don that contains 2+ distinct questions is a violation, even if they are numbered. Ask the most critical question first; only after it is answered, decide whether the next question is still needed.

The Protocol (single pass)

Phase A — Grill the IDEA

Before any proposal is built, the orchestrating agent grills the Don on the objective itself, drawing on the Recon Dossier (especially analogues, prior art, and the Constraint & Risk Survey in greenfield mode).

1. The orchestrating agent reads the Recon Dossier and extracts every unresolved assumption, scope ambiguity, and analogue-comparison decision that the Don must make.