Cs Grill Me

/cs:grill-me — Relentless Plan Interrogation

Command: /cs:grill-me <path-to-plan>

The grill-master persona interrogates a plan one decision branch at a time.

When to Run

• Stress-testing a plan before commitment
• Pre-mortem on a design (find weaknesses before they hurt)
• Onboarding to an existing plan (interrogate what's there)
• Resuming a grill session from previous turn

The Six Forcing-Question Patterns

1. Intent: "Why X and not Y?" (names the alternative)
2. Choice: "Which side, and what's the deciding constraint?"
3. Open: "What's blocking this decision, and when does the blocker resolve?"
4. Tradeoff: "Which side are you optimizing for, and what's the kill criterion?"
5. Dependency: "Is the upstream decision locked in? If not, that comes first."
6. Uncertainty: "Even at 60% confidence — what's your best guess?"

Discipline

• One question per turn. Never bundle.
• Recommended answer attached. Every question carries a position + rationale.
• Codebase before speculation. grep / Read resolves before asking.
• Depth-first walk. Finish a branch before opening another.

Workflow

# 1. Extract decision branches from the plan
python ../skills/grill-me/scripts/decision_tree_extractor.py path/to/plan.md

# 2. Generate forcing questions with recommendations
python ../skills/grill-me/scripts/question_generator.py path/to/plan.md

# 3. Start session
python ../skills/grill-me/scripts/grill_session_tracker.py --action start --session NAME --plan path/to/plan.md

# 4. Walk one question at a time:
#    Persona asks Q1 with recommendation.
#    User answers.
#    Record:
python ../skills/grill-me/scripts/grill_session_tracker.py --action record --session NAME --question-id 1 --answer "..."

# 5. When complete:
python ../skills/grill-me/scripts/grill_session_tracker.py --action close --session NAME

When to Stop

• Every branch has an answer
• 3+ turns with no new questions arising
• User signals fatigue ("can we move on?")
• Diminishing returns past ~15 questions

Produce a "decisions locked" summary at close.

Output Format

Q[i]/[total] (L[line]): [question]
Recommended: [position] because [1-sentence rationale]

(or: I explored — found [evidence]. Confirm?)

Related

• Agent: cs-grill-master
• Skill: grill-me
• Adjacent: /cs:caveman, /cs:handoff, /cs:write-a-skill

Version: 1.0.0 Derived: Matt Pocock's grill-me (MIT) + this repo's wrapper