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Agent skill

Interview

by codewhale-hq in codewhale-hq/Codewhale

Ask one useful structured question at a time only when material product/implementation choices are genuinely missing; remember answers and produce a brief/spec.

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Install Interview

skills CLI
$ npx skills add codewhale-hq/Codewhale --skill interview -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install codewhale-hq/Codewhale interview --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/codewhale-hq/Codewhale.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/crates/tui/assets/skills/interview .claude/skills/interview && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
interview
GitHub stars
41k
Token cost
~232 tokens
SKILL.md length
101 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
63
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Ask one useful structured question at a time only when material product/implementation choices are genuinely missing; remember answers and produce a brief/spec.

  • Works in 4 steps: State the missing decision and why it… → Offer concrete options when possible. → Record the answer and continue the work. → …
  • SKILL.md covers When to use, Non-goals, Workflow and Failure mode
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Interview is an agent skill from codewhale-hq/Codewhale. Ask one useful structured question at a time only when material product/implementation choices are genuinely missing; remember answers and produce a brief/spec. Discoverable facts should be investigated instead of asked.

Its SKILL.md is about 230 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: Open-source coding agent for your terminal, built in Rust and on a journey of continuous community improvement. Issues and PRs welcome. The licence is MIT.

Example prompts

  • “/interview”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. State the missing decision and why it blocks progress.
  2. Offer concrete options when possible.
  3. Record the answer and continue the work.
  4. Produce a short brief/spec only when enough answers exist.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ad333fd. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Interview loads about 232 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 58 tokens; SKILL.md has 101 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~58
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~232

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from codewhale-hq/Codewhale at commit ad333fd, republished under its MIT licence (© codewhale-hq). 101 words, ~232 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/interview/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
interview
description
Ask one useful structured question at a time only when material product/implementation choices are genuinely missing; remember answers and produce a brief/spec. Discoverable facts should be investigated instead of asked.
invocation
model+user

Interview

When to use

Use when the request lacks a material product or implementation choice that cannot be discovered from the workspace or tools.

Non-goals

  • Do not interview for facts you can read, search, or measure.
  • Do not ask multi-question dumps. One focused question at a time.
  • Do not invent requirements.

Workflow

  1. State the missing decision and why it blocks progress.
  2. Offer concrete options when possible.
  3. Record the answer and continue the work.
  4. Produce a short brief/spec only when enough answers exist.

Failure mode

If the user declines to answer, proceed with explicit assumptions and label them.

© codewhale-hq, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in crates/tui/assets/skills/interview of codewhale-hq/Codewhale.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ad333fd

Compare with similar skills

Interview next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Interview Question Bankmohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills1.4k—~993Automated safety check: PassMIT
Interviewalirezarezvani/claude-skills28k—~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Interview PrepRightNow-AI/openfang18k—~973Automated safety check: PassApache-2.0
Interview Coachsickn33/agentic-awesome-skills47k2 repos~751Automated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Interview

What does Interview do?

Ask one useful structured question at a time only when material product/implementation choices are genuinely missing; remember answers and produce a brief/spec. Interview is an agent skill from codewhale-hq/Codewhale. Ask one useful structured question at a time only when material product/implementation choices are genuinely missing; remember answers and produce a brief/spec.

How do I install Interview in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add codewhale-hq/Codewhale --skill interview -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (crates/tui/assets/skills/interview in codewhale-hq/Codewhale) into .claude/skills/interview in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Interview in Codex?

Run `npx skills add codewhale-hq/Codewhale --skill interview -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (crates/tui/assets/skills/interview in codewhale-hq/Codewhale) into .agents/skills/interview in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Interview in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add codewhale-hq/Codewhale --skill interview -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/interview, .gemini/skills/interview, .github/skills/interview and .opencode/skills/interview in your project.

What does Interview need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Interview is instructions for the agent only.

Does Interview access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Interview safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Interview use?

Interview is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Interview use?

About 232 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 928 characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Interview?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Interview: Interview Me (addyosmani/agent-skills, 102k stars), Interview Question Bank (mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, 1.4k stars), Interview (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars) and Interview Prep (RightNow-AI/openfang, 18k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Interview?

codewhale-hq (a GitHub organization) maintains it in codewhale-hq/Codewhale, which has 41,067 GitHub stars. The repository holds 63 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: codewhale-hq/Codewhale on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.