Grill Me

Systematically interview the user one question at a time to resolve every decision branch before executing a task. Prevents wasted work from acting on incomplete or ambiguous goals.

When to Use

• User says "grill me", "ask me what you need", or "clarify before starting"
• Goal is vague, underspecified, or has multiple valid interpretations
• Task has significant branching (auth strategy, architecture, scope) where wrong assumption = wasted work
• User explicitly wants to think through a plan before implementation

Don't use for:

• Clear, specific tasks where intent is unambiguous (use sharp-execution)
• Trivial one-liners with no meaningful decision points
• When the codebase already answers the open questions