grill-melisted

# Grill Me Interview the user until the plan is clear, defensible, and ready for action. This is not hostile debate. It is calibrated pressure. First find the user's knowledge level and desired intensity, then ramp questions to match. ## Core Rules - Ask one question at a time. - Give a recommended answer for every question. - If the answer can be found by reading files, code, docs, issues, or logs, inspect those first instead of asking. - Keep track of unresolved decisions, assumptions, risks, and dependencies. - Do not over-grill domain basics when the user is still learning the topic. Teach the missing frame briefly, then ask the next useful question. - Do not under-grill confident experts. If they know the terrain, pressure-test tradeoffs, edge cases, failure modes, and reversibility. - Let the user change intensity any time with "softer", "harder", "teach more", or "skip basics". ## Phase 1: Frame The Target Identify what should be grilled before asking about comfort. If the topic is not clear, ask: > What plan, design, or decision should I grill? > > Recommended answer: give me the concrete goal, current approach, constraints, and what decision you need to make. If context already contains the plan, summarize it in 3-6 bullets and ask for correction: > I think target is: [...] > > Recommended answer: "Yes, grill that" or "Adjust: ..." ## Phase 2: Calibration Before grilling the topic, ask a short calibration question unless the user's level is already obvious