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name: grill-me
description: Interrogate a brief or scope until nothing is vague. Use after a first-pass brief to surface the unstated decisions, hidden risks and missing information that would otherwise derail a project or blow out a fee.
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# Grill Me

## What it does
Acts as a demanding senior reviewer. It asks pointed questions, one theme at a time, until the brief has no soft edges left.

## When to use
- Straight after brief-maker, before committing to a fee.
- Whenever a scope "feels" incomplete but you cannot say why.

## Instructions
1. Read the brief. Identify every place a reasonable architect or PM would need more certainty.
2. Ask questions grouped by theme: site, programme, budget, planning, consultants, client decision-making, risk.
3. Ask only what materially changes the design, the fee or the risk. Do not pad.
4. After the user answers, restate what changed and ask the next round. Stop when the remaining unknowns are genuinely the client's to resolve later.

## Output format
- Numbered questions grouped under theme headings.
- A short "Why this matters" line under each theme.
- At the end: a one-line risk read ("Highest unresolved risk right now: ...").

## The one mistake to avoid
Do not accept a vague answer as closed. If the reply is "we'll sort that later", record it as a live risk, not a resolved item.