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grilling

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

2|Updated Apr 2, 2026
Search Tags:#planning#decision making#interview#assumptions#design review#questioning#stress test
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/nseng-ai/ns --skill grilling-nseng-ai
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: grilling
Source: https://github.com/nseng-ai/ns/tree/main/.agents/skills/grilling
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/nseng-ai/ns --skill grilling-nseng-ai

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? Plans and decisions often rest on unexamined assumptions. This Skill stress-tests your thinking by interviewing you relentlessly until every decision in your plan has been explicitly surfaced, questioned, and settled. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Design Tree Mapping: Models your plan as a tree of decisions, where each decision branches into the sub-decisions that depend on it. - Frontier-Based Rounds: Asks only the questions whose prerequisites are already settled, numbering each question and providing a recommended answer you can endorse with a simple yes. - 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 agent grill you on architecture choices, migration strategy, and rollback plans so hidden assumptions surface before you write code. ## Quick Start Ask the agent to grill you about your plan or decision, then 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 an AI agent?▼

Ask the agent to grill you about your plan. It maps your decisions as a tree and interviews you in rounds, asking numbered questions with recommended answers until every branch of the design has been explicitly settled.

What is a design tree in decision-making interviews?▼

A design tree models a plan as decisions that branch into dependent sub-decisions. The frontier is the set of questions whose prerequisites are already settled, so each round only asks what can be answered now without guessing.

Does the grilling skill ask the user for facts it could look up?▼

No. Finding facts is the agent's job, never the user's. When a question needs information from the filesystem or tools, the skill dispatches a sub-agent to find it and only asks the user about actual decisions.

When does a grilling session end?▼

The session ends when the frontier is empty, meaning every branch of the design tree has been visited and nothing is left silently assumed. The agent does not act on the plan until the user confirms shared understanding.

When should I not use an interview-style planning skill?▼

Avoid it for trivial or well-understood tasks where exhaustive questioning adds no value. It is designed for consequential plans and decisions where unexamined assumptions carry real risk.

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