Grill Me
Relentless interviewing skill that stress-tests plans and designs through systematic questioning. Walks each branch of the design tree one decision at a time, with recommended answers and codebase exploration when context is available.
How to Install
Using npx (recommended):
npx skills add github.com/mattpocock/skills --skill grill-meThis will automatically download and install the skill in your .cursor/skills/ directory.
Or install manually:
- Copy the skill content below
- Create folder:
.cursor/skills/grill-me/in your project - Save as
SKILL.md - Cursor auto-discovers skills when you start a chat
Or install globally to ~/.cursor/skills/grill-me/SKILL.md
SKILL.md
--- name: grill-me description: Interview the user relentlessly about a plan or design until reaching shared understanding, resolving each branch of the decision tree. Use when user wants to stress-test a plan, get grilled on their design, or mentions "grill me". --- 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. For each question, provide your recommended answer. Ask the questions one at a time. If a question can be answered by exploring the codebase, explore the codebase instead.
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