ask-matt

# Ask Matt You don't remember every skill, so ask. A **flow** is a path through the skills. Most paths run along one **main flow**, and two **on-ramps** merge onto it. Everything else is standalone, or a vocabulary layer that runs underneath. ## The main flow: idea → ship The route most work travels. You have an idea and want it built. 1. **`grill-with-docs`** �� sharpen the idea by interview. Start here whenever you are **working in a working directory**: it's stateful, retaining what it learns in `CONTEXT.md` and ADRs. (No working directory? Use `grill-me` — see Standalone. Both run the same `grilling` primitive; `grill-with-docs` is the one that leaves a paper trail, which makes it the better of the two whenever a repo is there to leave it in.) 2. **Branch — can you settle every question in conversation?** If a question needs a runnable answer (state, business logic, a UI you have to see), detour through a prototype, bridged by **`handoff`** in both directions (a prototype lives in its own directory, which is exactly what `handoff` is for — see Phase boundaries): - **`handoff`** out, then open a fresh session against that file, - **`prototype`** to answer the question with throwaway code, - **`handoff`** back what you learned, and reference it from the original idea thread. 3. **Branch — is this a multi-session build?** - **Yes** → **`to-spec`** (turn the thread into a spec), then **`to-tickets`** to split it into tracer-bullet tickets, each declaring its ...