grilling
๐ฏSkillfrom mattpocock/skills
Installation
npx vibeindex add mattpocock/skills --skill grillingnpx skills add mattpocock/skills --skill grilling~/.claude/skills/grilling/SKILL.md
|A model-invoked productivity skill that interviews users relentlessly about a plan or design until every branch of the decision tree is resolved. It serves as the reusable interview loop behind the grill-me and grill-with-docs skills.
Overview
A model-invoked skill from Matt Pocock's "Skills For Real Engineers" collection that implements a relentless interview loop. When activated, the agent asks the user detailed, probing questions about their plan or design until every branch of the decision tree is resolved. It is the reusable engine behind the user-invoked /grill-me (general productivity) and /grill-with-docs (engineering with domain modeling) skills.
Key Features
- Decision Tree Resolution: Systematically walks through every branch of a plan or design, asking targeted questions until ambiguity is eliminated and the full scope is clear
- Alignment Before Action: Addresses the most common failure mode in AI-assisted development by ensuring the agent fully understands what to build before writing any code
- Composable Architecture: Works as a building block for other skills, providing the interview discipline that
/grill-meand/grill-with-docsbuild upon with additional features like domain modeling and ADR documentation - Model-Agnostic Design: Works with any LLM and is designed to be small, easy to adapt, and composable with other skills in the collection
Who is this for?
- Engineers who find that AI agents often misunderstand requirements and want a structured way to align before implementation begins
- Teams using Matt Pocock's skill collection who need the core interview loop for custom workflows or skill compositions
- Developers who want to reduce wasted iterations by thoroughly exploring requirements upfront rather than discovering gaps mid-implementation
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SKILL.md
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