# Grill Me

> Interview the user relentlessly about a plan or design, presenting choices one at a time until shared understanding is reached. Resolves every branch of the decision tree. Use when the user wants to stress-test a plan, get grilled on their design, or mentions "grill me".

- Skill: `wahidyankf/grill-me` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 6 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds add wahidyankf/grill-me`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/wahidyankf/grill-me/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: wahidyankf (https://skillmd.com/u/wahidyankf)
- Updated: 2026-09-10
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/wahidyankf/grill-me

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# Grill Me

Stress-test plans and designs through relentless, structured questioning before implementation
begins.

## When to activate

Activate when:

- User says "grill me", "challenge my plan", "stress-test this", "interrogate my design",
  or any close variant
- A new plan is being created and design decisions remain open
- A design review is requested before committing to implementation

## Process

Interview the user about every aspect of the plan until shared understanding is reached. Walk
down each branch of the decision tree, resolving dependencies one-by-one.

This skill is the canonical implementation of the
[Grilling-With-Options Convention](../../../repo-governance/development/workflow/grilling-with-options.md) —
that convention is the normative source for the format, mechanism, and scope below. Keep them in
sync.

See [Process — Hard Rules](./reference/process-and-hard-rules.md) for the seven HARD rules (explore-first, 2-4 mutually-exclusive options, exactly one Recommended, one decision per question, unlisted write-in support, the two standing options, continue until resolved) and the two most common failure modes.

## Mechanism

See [Mechanism and Staged Native Rendering](./reference/mechanism-and-staged-rendering.md) for the native-interactive-tool requirement, delegated-agent handoff envelope, staged rendering for 3-4-leaf envelopes, and the non-interactive fallback format.

## After the grilling

When all decision tree branches are resolved:

1. Summarize every decision made and its rationale
2. Confirm shared understanding explicitly
3. Signal readiness to proceed to plan writing or implementation

## Platform Binding Examples

See [Platform Binding Examples](./reference/platform-binding-examples.md) for the Claude Code (`AskUserQuestion`), OpenCode (`question` tool), and Codex (`request_user_input`) invocation contracts.