grill-me
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Grilling session that challenges a plan against the existing domain model, sharpens terminology with the ubiquitous-language skill, and records durable decisions with the architecture-decision-record skill. Use when user wants to stress-test a plan against their project's language and documented decisions.
193 other projects use a version of this, 71 of them edited.
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- xiaoxiaosrm/dsh-mattpocock-skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- ishandutta2007/Awesome-Claude-Skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- microsoft/frontier-agentic-modernization-rvastheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- The-Vibe-Company/quivrtheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- apravint/iram-ostheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- anotherben/claude-harnessedited, first seen Nov 8, 2026
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Break a design brief into an ordered checklist of independently buildable tasks using vertical slices. Saves as a markdown checklist. Use when user wants to break down work, create tasks from a brief, plan implementation order, or mentions "tasks" or "breakdown".
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LesaniSkillwriting-beats
Shape an article as a journey of beats, choose-your-own-adventure style. The user picks a starting beat from the raw material, you write only that beat, then offer options for where to pivot next, beat by beat, until the article reaches a natural end. Use when the user has raw material and wants to assemble it as a narrative rather than an argument.
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simo97Skillrequest-refactor-plan
Use this skill when user wants to create a refactor plan.
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simo97Skillmigrate-to-shoehorn
Migrate test files from `as` type assertions to @total-typescript/shoehorn. Use when user mentions shoehorn, wants to replace `as` in tests, or needs partial test data.
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LesaniSkillwriting-shape
Take a markdown file of raw material and shape it into an article through a conversational session — drafting candidate openings, growing the piece paragraph by paragraph, arguing about format (lists, tables, callouts, quotes) at each step. Use when the user has a pile of notes, fragments, or a rough draft and wants help turning it into something publishable.
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liufeng1976Skillsetup-ts-deep-modules
Wire dependency-cruiser into a TypeScript repo so each package is a deep module — implementation hidden in subfolders, reachable only through its entry-point files. User-invoked.
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How matches are found. Word for word: the exact same text. Edited: shares passages with this file (“99% same” means 99% of its five-word phrases also appear here; 10% or more counts). Their own version: similar meaning, or, weakest, the same name. We can’t tell which project had it first. Projects are counted among the 200 most-starred candidates, and mentions are links to the repository we found, up to 50 per site, so both counts are a floor.
In this repository17 other files it gives its agents.
- AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- architecture-decision-recordSkill
- assess-solutionSkill
- capability-overviewSkill
- check-readabilitySkill
- create-an-agentSkill
- create-a-skillSkill
- create-drawio-diagramSkill
- data-architecture-designSkill
- integration-designSkill
- problem-to-solutionSkill
- publish-to-confluenceSkill
- solution-architecture-designSkill
- target-architecture-documentSkill
- to-epicsSkill
- ubiquitous-languageSkill
- write-a-principleSkill
The file
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We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
14 rules. 0 are common, 8 are distinctive, and 6 are very specific to this project.
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Common
Most of the 177 edited versions we read keep these.
8
Distinctive
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
6
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Distinctive: line 10
Ask the questions one at a time, waiting for feedback on each question before continuing.
- Distinctive: line 12
If a question can be answered by exploring the codebase, explore the codebase instead.
- Distinctive: line 18
Use related skills during the grilling session when their trigger conditions appear:
- Very specific: line 20
Use ubiquitous-language when terms are vague, overloaded, conflicting, or important enough to become shared domain language.
- Very specific: line 21
Use architecture-decision-record when a decision is hard to reverse, surprising without context, and the result of a real trade-off.
- Distinctive: line 23
Do not duplicate those workflows inside this skill.
- Very specific: line 47
Create files lazily — only when you have something to write.
- Very specific: line 53
When the user uses a term that conflicts with the existing language in GLOSSARY.md, call it out immediately.
- Distinctive: line 57
When the user uses vague or overloaded terms, propose a precise canonical term.
- Distinctive: line 61
When domain relationships are being discussed, stress-test them with specific scenarios.
- Distinctive: line 65
When the user states how something works, check whether the code agrees.
- Very specific: line 69
When a term is resolved, update GLOSSARY.md right there using the ubiquitous-language skill.
- Distinctive: line 75
Only offer to create an ADR when all three are true:
- Very specific: line 81
If any of the three is missing, skip the ADR.
“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 177 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
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<what-to-do>Interview me relentlessly about every aspect of this plan until we reach a shared understanding. Walk down each branch of the design tree, resolving dependencies between decisions one-by-one. For each question, provide your recommended answer.
Ask the questions one at a time, waiting for feedback on each question before continuing.
If a question can be answered by exploring the codebase, explore the codebase instead.
</what-to-do><related-skills>Use related skills during the grilling session when their trigger conditions appear:
- Use
ubiquitous-languagewhen terms are vague, overloaded, conflicting, or important enough to become shared domain language. Read and updateGLOSSARY.mdusing the rules in../ubiquitous-language/SKILL.md. - Use
architecture-decision-recordwhen a decision is hard to reverse, surprising without context, and the result of a real trade-off. Record ADRs using../architecture-decision-record/templates/adr-template.md.
Do not duplicate those workflows inside this skill. Delegate glossary wording and ADR formatting to the related skill instructions, then return to the grilling sequence.
</related-skills><supporting-info>Domain awareness
During codebase exploration, also look for existing documentation:
File structure
Most repos have a single context:
/
├── CONTEXT.md
├── GLOSSARY.md
├── docs/
│ └── adr/
│ ├── 0001-event-sourced-orders.md
│ └── 0002-postgres-for-write-model.mdCreate files lazily — only when you have something to write. If no GLOSSARY.md exists, create one when the first term is resolved. If no docs/adr/ exists, create it when the first ADR is needed.
During the session
Challenge against the glossary
When the user uses a term that conflicts with the existing language in GLOSSARY.md, call it out immediately. "Your glossary defines 'cancellation' as X, but you seem to mean Y — which is it?"
Sharpen fuzzy language
When the user uses vague or overloaded terms, propose a precise canonical term. "You're saying 'account' — do you mean the Customer or the User? Those are different things."
Discuss concrete scenarios
When domain relationships are being discussed, stress-test them with specific scenarios. Invent scenarios that probe edge cases and force the user to be precise about the boundaries between concepts.
Cross-reference with code
When the user states how something works, check whether the code agrees. If you find a contradiction, surface it: "Your code cancels entire Orders, but you just said partial cancellation is possible — which is right?"
Update glossary inline
When a term is resolved, update GLOSSARY.md right there using the ubiquitous-language skill. Don't batch these up — capture them as they happen.
GLOSSARY.md should be totally devoid of implementation details. Do not treat GLOSSARY.md as a spec, a scratch pad, or a repository for implementation decisions. It is a glossary and nothing else.
Offer ADRs sparingly
Only offer to create an ADR when all three are true:
- Hard to reverse — the cost of changing your mind later is meaningful
- Surprising without context — a future reader will wonder "why did they do it this way?"
- The result of a real trade-off — there were genuine alternatives and you picked one for specific reasons
If any of the three is missing, skip the ADR. Use the architecture-decision-record skill and the format in ../architecture-decision-record/templates/adr-template.md.
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