designer-skills — /grill-me

What it is

The grill-me skill is a structured interrogation skill for resolving design decisions before implementation begins. It uses a decision-tree traversal model: walk down each branch, resolve dependencies between decisions one by one, and do not stop until every design question is answered.

When to use: When stress-testing a plan, challenging an approach, or working through a rough idea before implementation.

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Core behavior

The skill interviews the user "relentlessly about every aspect of this plan until we reach a shared understanding." Key rules:

• Codebase-first: If a question can be answered by exploring the codebase, explore it instead of asking.
• Component-first: If a question can be answered by examining existing components, styles, or design tokens, examine them.
• Recommended answers: For each question, the AI provides its recommended answer rather than open-ended prompts.

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Process model

The decision-tree traversal model: walk down each branch of the design tree, resolving dependencies between decisions one by one. This ensures later decisions don't contradict earlier ones and that the AI understands the full context before writing any code.

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Relationship to design-brief

grill-me is step 1 of the design flow. design-brief is step 2 — it takes the grilling session output and formalizes it into a structured brief document. The two skills are designed to be used in sequence.