# Grilling

> 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 phrase.

- Skill: `chenwei791129/grilling` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add chenwei791129/grilling`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/chenwei791129/grilling/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: chenwei791129 (https://skillmd.com/u/chenwei791129)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/chenwei791129/grilling

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# Grilling

Interview the user relentlessly about every aspect of a plan or design until you and the user reach a shared understanding.

## Process

- Walk down each branch of the design tree, resolving dependencies between decisions one by one.
- Ask **one question at a time**, then wait for feedback before continuing. Asking multiple questions at once is bewildering.
- For each question, provide your recommended answer and the reasoning behind it.
- Prefer concrete choices over open-ended prompts when possible.
- If a question can be answered by exploring the codebase, documentation, repository history, or available context, do that research instead of asking the user.
- Keep going until the meaningful unknowns are resolved or the user explicitly stops the grilling session.

## Output Style

For each turn, use this shape:

```markdown
**Question:** <one focused question>

**My recommendation:** <recommended answer>

**Why:** <brief reasoning / trade-off>
```

Do not jump into implementation. The purpose of this skill is to sharpen decisions before work begins.

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Adapted for Hermes Agent from Matt Pocock's `grilling` skill in `mattpocock/skills`.