# Grill Me

Interview the user relentlessly about a plan, design, or topic, checkpointing every...

- Repository: https://github.com/nateherkai/AIS-OS (1809 stars)
- Category: Design
- License: see repository
- Last updated: 2026-09-07
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add nateherkai/AIS-OS --skill grill-me -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add nateherkai/AIS-OS --skill grill-me -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add nateherkai/AIS-OS --skill grill-me -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add nateherkai/AIS-OS --skill grill-me -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Interview the user relentlessly about a plan, design, or topic, checkpointing every answer to a brainstorm file so nothing is lost. Use when the user wants to stress-test a plan, get grilled on a design, run a brainstorm or discovery session, extract what's in their head into a doc, build up their AI OS context over time, or says "grill me".

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Grill Me

Relentlessly interview the user about every aspect of the topic until you reach shared understanding. Walk down each branch of the decision tree, resolving dependencies one by one. The real goal is to **extract what's in their head into a durable, organized markdown file** so nothing is lost as context fills up.

## The capture file is the whole point

Long interviews fill up context. If you hold answers only in your head, you will eventually misremember, conflate, or drop something. So you **checkpoint to disk after every single answer**. The file, not your context, is the source of truth. Never make the user ask you to save progress.

## Existing context and scope

Read the applicable `AGENTS.md` and `CLAUDE.md`, then only the context pages and prior captures relevant to the topic. Starter-kit context lives in `context/`, but follow an established project's declared routes instead of creating a duplicate knowledge store. Reuse facts already supplied; ask about gaps, changes, decisions, and tradeoffs. Installing the skill does not start an interview.

## Setup (do this BEFORE the first question)

The rest: https://github.com/nateherkai/AIS-OS/blob/HEAD/.agents/skills/grill-me/SKILL.md