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grilling

Interviews the user in structured question rounds to stress-test plans and decisions.

4|Updated Jan 29, 2026
Search Tags:#planning#decision making#interview#critical thinking#questioning#stress test#design tree
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/staticaland/skills --skill grilling-staticaland
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: grilling
Source: https://github.com/staticaland/skills/tree/main/plugins/grilling/skills/grilling
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/staticaland/skills --skill grilling-staticaland

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? Plans, decisions, and ideas often contain hidden assumptions and unexplored branches that only surface after execution begins. This Skill stress-tests your thinking by interviewing you relentlessly until every decision is examined and a shared understanding is reached. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Design Tree Mapping: Models your plan as a tree of decisions where each choice branches into dependent sub-decisions. - Frontier-Based Rounds: Asks only the questions whose prerequisites are settled, numbering each one and providing a recommended answer. - Autonomous Fact-Finding: Dispatches sub-agents to look up facts from the filesystem or tools instead of asking you for information it can find itself. - Use Case: Before starting a major refactor, have the skill grill you on architecture choices, migration strategy, and rollback plans so gaps in your reasoning surface before you write code. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to grill you about your plan for the upcoming project and answer each numbered round of questions until the frontier is empty.

Frequently Asked Questions about grilling

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I stress-test a plan or decision with AI?▼

Ask the assistant to grill you about your plan. It maps your decisions as a tree, then interviews you in rounds of numbered questions with recommended answers until every branch is explored and no assumptions remain.

What is a design tree in decision planning?▼

A design tree models every decision as a node that branches into the sub-decisions depending on it. The skill asks only frontier questions whose prerequisites are already settled, so each round builds on confirmed answers.

Can the skill look up facts instead of asking me?▼

Yes. When a question needs a fact from the filesystem or tools, the skill dispatches a sub-agent to find it rather than asking you. Only questions downstream of that lookup wait for the result.

When should I not use a grilling-style interview?▼

Avoid it for trivial decisions with no downstream dependencies or when you need immediate execution rather than deliberation. The process is thorough by design and continues until the question frontier is empty.

How does the question round format work?▼

Each round lists numbered questions with a title, body, and a recommended answer marked with an arrow. You reply with your answers, the tree is recomputed, and the next round of unblocked questions follows.

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