# Pressure-test plans with grilling interviews

Plans and designs often fail because weak assumptions are found too late. This skill starts a focused grilling session that challenges gaps before execution begins.

## Install

```bash
npx skillstore add mattpocock/grill-me
```

## Metadata

- Status: approved
- Slug: mattpocock-grill-me
- Skillstore revision: r1
- Version status: missing
- Tree hash: 8d8d575cdbd66a7476a2a62ce11724e2bd4b710a1b0f334f2e8f6b56e73a966f
- Author: mattpocock
- GitHub username: mattpocock
- License: MIT
- Repository: https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/tree/main/skills/productivity/grill-me/
- Ref: b9fe38688fd52e280199267f625f61e7e2bddc6f
- Supported tools: Claude, Codex, Claude Code
- Audit status: complete
- Agent install advisory: allowed
- Manual install advisory: allowed
- Artifact signature: available
- Audit attestation: unavailable
- Human verification: not\_verified
- Risk factors: external\_commands
- Quality score: 78
- Quality tier: bronze
- Public page: https://skillstore.pages.dev/skills/mattpocock-grill-me
- Manifest: https://skillstore.pages.dev/api/skills/mattpocock-grill-me/manifest

## Capabilities

- Starts a \`/grilling\` session in compatible AI tools.
- Frames the assistant as a relentless interviewer for plans or designs.
- Helps expose assumptions, unclear goals, and weak tradeoffs.
- Supports focused critique before implementation or presentation.
- Works as a lightweight prompt-only skill without bundled scripts.

## Use Cases

- Challenge a Product Proposal: Use the grilling session to test user assumptions, success metrics, and launch risks before review.
- Stress-test a Technical Design: Probe architecture choices, dependency risks, and maintenance tradeoffs before engineering work begins.
- Prepare for a Stakeholder Review: Practice answering hard questions about priorities, costs, and expected outcomes before the meeting.

## Prompt Templates

### Basic Plan Review

```
Run a `/grilling` session on this plan. Focus on unclear goals, missing constraints, and the riskiest assumption.
```

### Design Critique

```
Run a `/grilling` session on this design. Challenge the target user, key tradeoffs, failure modes, and launch readiness.
```

### Decision Readiness

```
Run a `/grilling` session on these options. Force a clear recommendation and identify what evidence would change the decision.
```

### Executive Pressure Test

```
Run a `/grilling` session as a skeptical executive sponsor. Question scope, risk ownership, measurable value, and fallback plans.
```

## Limitations

- It does not provide its own scoring rubric or checklist.
- It depends on the connected tool understanding the \`/grilling\` command.
- It does not validate facts or market data by itself.
- It is not a replacement for expert legal, security, or financial review.

## Best Practices

- Provide the plan, audience, constraints, and decision deadline before starting.
- Ask for direct criticism and concrete follow-up questions.
- Use the final answers to revise the plan before sharing it.

## Anti Patterns

- Do not use it with vague ideas that lack goals or context.
- Do not treat critical questions as a final expert verdict.
- Do not skip human review for regulated, legal, or safety-sensitive decisions.

## Security Audit

- Audited at: 2026-07-09T05:15:07.787\+00:00
- Summary: The only static finding is a false positive from Markdown backticks around a slash command reference in SKILL.md. No executable code, prompt injection attempt, network access, credential access, or data exfiltration intent was found.

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