---
name: grill-me
description: >-
  Interviews the user relentlessly about a plan or design until reaching shared
  understanding, resolving each branch of the decision tree one by one. Use when
  the user wants to be grilled, stress-test a plan, align on a design concept
  before PRDs or implementation, or mentions "grill me".
---

# Grill me

## Principles

- The design concept is the shared idea of what you are building—not a file.
- Align on that concept before producing plans, PRDs, tickets, or large code.
- Prefer dense, dependency-aware questions (`token-efficiency` prompt SNR).
- If a question can be answered by exploring the codebase, explore instead of asking.

## Core prompt

Interview me relentlessly about every aspect of this plan until we reach a shared understanding. Walk down each branch of the design tree resolving dependencies between decisions one by one.

## Workflow

1. Treat prompting as requirements gathering: intent is incomplete at the start.
2. Prefer adversarial/elicitation mode over rushing a plan document.
3. Branch the design tree explicitly; resolve dependent decisions in order.
4. Ask one question at a time. For each question, provide your recommended answer.
5. Keep the project glossary open when available (`ubiquitous-language`).
6. Only after saturation, summarize into a PRD, tickets, or executable plan—as **outputs of** alignment, not substitutes for it.
7. For big or delegated work, also produce a **constitution**: the written standard of what done-right means (quality bars, protected content, non-negotiables), each item paired with a way to check it. State it once at the top; enforcement happens every round, not per task.

## Anti-pattern

Plan mode (or any workflow) that “really wants to create an asset” before shared understanding.

## After alignment

- Name modules and interface deltas with `interface-first-delegation`.
- Prefer deep boundaries via `deep-modules-architecture`.
- Implement with `tdd-feedback-loops`.
- For multi-agent or delegated work, hand the constitution to `verified-delegation` so executed checks enforce it every round.