The Grilling: Adversarial Brainstorming

Overview

The Grilling is a single-pass Multi-Agent Debate. The Proposer proposes, the Devils-Advocate attacks (idea first, then proposal), the Synthesizer revises. There are NO rounds — each agent runs exactly once. The Don is interrogated one question at a time, never a list. The IDEA is grilled before the proposal.

Trigger

Invoked after the Don approves the Reconnaissance Dossier (Reconnaissance complete).

HARD RULES (non-negotiable)

1. No rounds. Each agent — Proposer, Devils-Advocate, Synthesizer — runs exactly ONCE. Do not loop back. There is no Round 2.
2. Idea first. The Devils-Advocate attacks the Don's objective (the IDEA) before attacking the proposal. The Don is grilled on the idea — framing, assumptions, scope, analogues from the Recon Dossier — before any architecture is proposed.
3. One question at a time. Every interaction with the Don asks exactly ONE question. Wait for the answer before asking the next. This overrides any subagent output that bundles questions. See Don Interrogation Protocol below.
4. No lists of questions. A message to the Don that contains 2+ distinct questions is a violation, even if they are numbered. Ask the most critical question first; only after it is answered, decide whether the next question is still needed.

The Protocol (single pass)