Alignment Interview

Interview the user until both sides share a sufficiently complete understanding of the subject. Gather only information that could materially affect the outcome, scope, decisions, constraints, or next action.

Boundaries

• Interview only. Do not implement, plan, write files, or act on the conclusions while this skill is active.
• Let the user narrow, pause, or end the interview at any time.
• Do not invent answers to unresolved decisions.
• Do not demand exhaustive detail when it cannot affect the result.
• Never retrieve secrets or unrelated sensitive information. Request sanitized examples when necessary.

Core loop

Repeat intake → research → ask until the completion conditions are met.

1. Intake

Extract what is already known from the request and conversation. Maintain a compact alignment map containing only relevant parts of: