Skills

Grill With Docs Codex

SUPERSEDED by /claudex-loop (formerly /crucible; its docs-aware mode covers this...

Install

npx skills add chaseai-yt/claudex-loop --skill grill-with-docs-codex -g -a claude-code -y
Category
Testing
Updated
21d ago
License
See repository
Context cost
Mediumabout 2,402 tokens
Runs scripts
No, instructions only

What it does

SUPERSEDED by /claudex-loop (formerly /crucible; its docs-aware mode covers this variant), prefer that skill unless you explicitly want this one. Two-act plan hardening with living documentation. ACT 1 (you ↔ Claude), Claude interviews you relentlessly about a plan, one question at a time, challenging it against your project's existing domain model and glossary (CONTEXT.md), sharpening fuzzy terms, stress-testing with concrete scenarios, cross-referencing code, and updating CONTEXT.md + ADRs inline as decisions crystallise. ACT 2 (Claude ↔ Codex), Claude writes the locked plan to PLAN.md and OpenAI Codex adversarially reviews it in a read-only sandbox (VERDICT:APPROVED/REVISE), Claude revises and re-submits to the SAME Codex session until APPROVED or a MAX_ROUNDS cap, then you sign off before any code. Use when the user says "/grill-with-docs-codex", "grill me against the docs then have codex review", "stress-test this against our domain model then get a second model on it", or is about to build something high-stakes in a project with established terminology/ADRs and wants alignment, documentation, AND a cross-model sanity check. Builds on Matt Pocock's grill-with-docs (MIT). NOT for reviewing already-written code (use /codex:review) and NOT for trivial changes.

Grill-with-Docs-Codex, Grill Against Your Domain, Then Get Reviewed

Two acts. Act 1 aligns intent and keeps your living docs honest; Act 2 has a different model attack the result.

  • Act 1 is Matt Pocock's grill-with-docs, used under MIT (see THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md). It interrogates you, challenges your plan against CONTEXT.md/ADRs, and updates them inline.
  • Act 2 is the original Codex adversarial review loop, cross-model, read-only, bounded.

You enter at two points: answering the grill, and signing off the converged plan.


ACT 1, GRILL WITH DOCS (you ↔ Claude)

<what-to-do>

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, waiting for feedback on each question before continuing.

If a question can be answered by exploring the codebase, explore the codebase instead.

</what-to-do> <supporting-info>

Domain awareness

During codebase exploration, also look for existing documentation:

File structure

Most repos have a single context:

/
├── CONTEXT.md
├── docs/
│   └── adr/
│       ├── 0001-event-sourced-orders.md
│       └── 0002-postgres-for-write-model.md
└── src/

If a CONTEXT-MAP.md exists at the root, the repo has multiple contexts. The map points to where each one lives:

/
├── CONTEXT-MAP.md
├── docs/
│   └── adr/                          ← system-wide decisions
├── src/
│   ├── ordering/
│   │   ├── CONTEXT.md
│   │   └── docs/adr/                 ← context-specific decisions
│   └── billing/
│       ├── CONTEXT.md
│       └── docs/adr/

Create files lazily, only when you have something to write. If no CONTEXT.md exists, create one when the first term is resolved. If no docs/adr/ exists, create it when the first ADR is needed.

During the session

Read the whole SKILL.md on GitHub

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