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/grill-me

/grill-me plan and decide

A relentless interview to sharpen a plan or design.

Install

Install just this, from a clone of the repo. Anything it needs comes with it.

./scripts/install-skills.sh --skill grill-me   # bash, Git Bash, macOS, Linux
.\scripts\install-skills.ps1 -Skill grill-me   # Windows PowerShell

Works on its own.

What it does

Short alias for grilling: a relentless interview to sharpen a plan or design.

When to use

When you want to type something short to start a grilling session.

How to invoke

  • /grill-me <plan or idea>
  • User-invoked only (disable-model-invocation: true): Claude never picks it on its own; it auto-invokes grilling instead.

How it works

  1. Calls the Skill tool with grilling.
  2. Everything else is grilling — see its README.

Design principles

  • One source of truth. The alias holds a single line, so any change to grilling reaches /grill-me too.
  • User-only on purpose. Claude auto-invokes grilling; the alias exists only so you can type something short.

Shared context for these principles: Matt Pocock's video.

Use cases

  • Starting a grilling session by hand with a short command.
  • Any case listed under grilling.

Tips

  • Claude never picks grill-me itself, so other skills and agents call grilling instead.
  • Want a written record? Use grill-docs rather than this alias.
  • The alias's SKILL.md (verbatim upstream) doesn't say to forward your argument to grilling. If Claude asks what to grill after /grill-me <plan>, repeat the plan.

Example

/grill-me my plan to split the monolith into three services

The Skill tool loads grilling and the interview runs as /grilling … would (repeat the plan if asked, see Tips). Round 1 asks the whole frontier at once, numbered, each with a recommendation:

❓ **Q1** - **Service boundaries**: split by domain (orders, billing, accounts) rather than by layer?
➡️ Yes, by domain.

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❓ **Q2** - **Shared database**: keep one shared database during the split, and give each service its own later?
➡️ Yes.

You answer "1 yes, 2 yes"; round 2 asks the questions that depended on those (how billing reads orders data while the database is shared). It ends when nothing is left open and you confirm.

grilling.

Prereqs

None beyond grilling installed alongside it.

Sample workflows

  • Pitch an idea against the plan
    you → grill-me → grilling → you → consult-plan → you
    Install just this one: ./scripts/install-skills.sh --workflow pitch-an-idea or .\scripts\install-skills.ps1 -Workflow pitch-an-idea

Source

Use cases & tips from the community