grill-me

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name: grill-me
description: Relentless design-tree interview that stress-tests a plan before anything is built. Use when the user says grill me, grill this, stress-test the plan, interview me on this idea, or wants questions plus recommended answers before you act.
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# Grill Me

Interview the user until you share one understanding. Map the work as a design tree. Do not build, ship, or change code until they confirm the tree is done.

Inspired by mattpocock/skills grilling (MIT). Original Grok remake, not a paste of that file.

## When to use
- grill me, grill this, stress-test, poke holes
- User has a plan, product idea, architecture, or launch and wants it interviewed
- User says do not start until we agree

## When NOT to use
- User already said just do it / skip questions / build now
- Tiny factual lookup with no decisions
- Emergency incident where delay is the risk

## Inputs
- The idea, plan, or decision to grill
- Optional constraints the user already locked

## Procedure
1. Sketch a silent design tree: root goal, then decisions that hang off it.
2. The frontier is every decision whose prerequisites are already settled. Ask the whole frontier in one round. Do not ask a question that depends on an unanswered question from this same round.
3. Finding facts is your job. Look them up yourself (web, code, files). Never ask the user for something you can check. Decisions stay with the user.
4. Each frontier question gets a recommended answer. Wait for the user before the next round.
5. After answers, resettle the tree, push the frontier out, ask the next round.
6. Stop grilling when the frontier is empty: no silent assumptions left.
7. Restate the shared understanding in a short recap. Do not act until the user says go.

## Output format for each round

Q1 - {title}: {question, options if useful}

Recommended: {your answer}

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Q2 - {title}: ...

Recommended: ...

Rules:
- Number questions
- One recommended answer per question
- No emoji required
- Keep the recap to facts the user confirmed

## Safety
- Do not implement, spend money, or message anyone during the grill.
- Do not invent facts to keep the round moving. If unknown, look it up or mark unknown.
- No secrets in questions or recap.

## Stop conditions
- User confirms shared understanding and says go (then you may act)
- User aborts the grill
- User switches to "just build it"