Articles tagged "Agent Skill"

**Matt Pocock's "grill-me" is an Agent Skill** that fundamentally changes AI coding-agent behavior with just three lines of instruction ([Zenn writeup by ryonakae](https://zenn.dev/ryonakae/articles/8783c6b3ead2cb)). **The core mechanic**: the agent **doesn't generate code immediately** — instead, it asks **sequential, thorough questions until full mutual understanding**, presenting **2–5 options per question**. The article's author reports **18–24 questions per session**, progressively deepening understanding of project scope, dependencies, and design decisions. When the questioning ends, implementation proceeds **frictionlessly** from the established context. **Problem solved**: fundamentally eliminates the **token-and-time waste** of the traditional plan-mode loop ("plan → build → modify plan → rebuild"). **Advantages**: (1) no plan-modify-replan cycles, (2) full human–AI alignment before any code is written, (3) session history serves as natural implementation documentation. **Recommended environment**: Opus 4.6 or Sonnet at medium effort. **Downside**: the extended questioning phase causes real mental fatigue — the author's argument is that it prevents bigger problems downstream. **Positioning**: grill-me is a practical implementation of [Anthropic Claude Skills](https://claude.com/product/claude-code), sitting alongside [Command Code's Design Partnership Mode](../columns/commandcode-taste-1-personalized-coding-agent-2026-07) and [Crit.md's HITL review](../columns/crit-md-local-first-agent-review-2026-07) as another example of the **"HITL assistant, not full autonomy"** family.