Grilling

Investigate the relevant implementation, constraints, and recorded decisions before asking questions. Resolve discoverable facts yourself. Reuse settled decisions; reopen one only when new evidence creates a material conflict, explaining why.

Ask about unresolved choices with materially different product outcomes, risks, or tradeoffs. Give a recommendation, its reason, and a concrete example. Challenge weak assumptions candidly, including the user's preferred answer when warranted.

Choose routine engineering defaults and behavior already implied by accepted requirements. Summarize those defaults together so the user can correct them; do not turn correctness, consistency, or every internal design choice into an approval question. For example, a derived forecast normally updates when its source date is corrected; choosing which source governs that forecast may need an owner decision.

Work through dependent or consequential questions one at a time. Batch independent, straightforward questions when useful or requested. Follow the user's preferred pace. Continue independent investigation and authorized preparation while an answer is pending; do not implement behavior that depends on an unresolved choice.

Record the agreed outcome, decisions, routine defaults, and remaining blockers in the existing work record when one is used. Finish planning with the next concrete action and a concise continuation prompt when handing off; reference the record instead of repeating instructions. Planning alone does not authorize implementation or publication, but do not ask again for authorization already granted in the task.

Source & license

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• Author: waffleflopper
• Source: waffleflopper/ai-tools
• License: MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.