grill-me - Claude Code Skill

★ 187,349 · workflow · free & open source

Interviews you before the agent writes a single line of code. Asks targeted questions one at a time about who the thing is for, what happens in the empty state and what actually matters, and refuses to move on until it gets a real answer. Stops the agent filling your gaps with silent guesses.

install in claude code
$npx skills add mattpocock/skills
paste this into your terminal, then restart Claude Code and run /skills
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What is grill-me?

grill-me is a workflow agent skill for Claude Code: Interviews you before the agent writes a single line of code. Asks targeted questions one at a time about who the thing is for, what happens in the empty state and what actually matters, and refuses to move on until it gets a real answer. Stops the agent filling your gaps with silent guesses. It has 187,349 stars on GitHub.

How to install grill-me in Claude Code

  1. Open a terminal in your project.
  2. Run npx skills add mattpocock/skills
  3. Start (or restart) Claude Code and type /skills to confirm grill-me is loaded.

FAQ

What is grill-me?

grill-me is a workflow agent skill for Claude Code: Interviews you before the agent writes a single line of code. Asks targeted questions one at a time about who the thing is for, what happens in the empty state and what actually matters, and refuses to move on until it gets a real answer. Stops the agent filling your gaps with silent guesses. It has 187,349 stars on GitHub.

How do I install grill-me in Claude Code?

Run "npx skills add mattpocock/skills" in your terminal, or copy the skill into ~/.claude/skills/ (all projects) or .claude/skills/ (current project). Verify it loaded with the /skills command inside a Claude Code session.

Is grill-me free?

Yes. grill-me is open source - the full source is on GitHub at mattpocock/skills and free to install and use with Claude Code.

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