Agent skill

Dev Deep Interview

by evolution-foundation in evolution-foundation/evo-nexus

Socratic questioning to crystallize vague requirements into a testable spec.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedEducation

Install Dev Deep Interview

skills CLI
$ npx skills add evolution-foundation/evo-nexus --skill dev-deep-interview -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install evolution-foundation/evo-nexus dev-deep-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/evolution-foundation/evo-nexus.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/dev-deep-interview .claude/skills/dev-deep-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
dev-deep-interview
GitHub stars
545
Token cost
~1k tokens
SKILL.md length
454 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
117
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Socratic questioning to crystallize vague requirements into a testable spec.

  • Works in 3 steps: Initial Assessment → Socratic Loop → Spec Output
  • Input is ambiguous
  • SKILL.md covers Use When, Do Not Use When, Goal and Workflow, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Dev Deep Interview is an agent skill from evolution-foundation/evo-nexus. Socratic questioning to crystallize vague requirements into a testable spec. Use when input is ambiguous, when the user asks for "deep interview", or before dev-autopilot if the brief is too broad. Pairs with @echo-analyst.

Its SKILL.md is about 1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Education, covering Tutoring and explanations. The repository describes itself as: The open source operating system for AI-powered businesses.

When your agent uses it

  • Input is ambiguous
  • The user asks for deep interview
  • Before dev-autopilot if the brief is too broad

Example prompts

  • “deep interview”
  • “/dev-deep-interview”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Initial Assessment
  2. Socratic Loop
  3. Spec Output

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 7f5dd76. 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 (its code samples are markdown).

    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

Dev Deep Interview loads about 1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 61 tokens; SKILL.md has 454 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~61
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 454 words (~1,027 tokens).

“Derived from oh-my-claudecode (MIT, Yeachan Heo). Adapted for the EvoNexus Engineering Layer.”

— opening of SKILL.md by evolution-foundation, Custom licence
name
dev-deep-interview

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/dev-deep-interview of evolution-foundation/evo-nexus.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 7f5dd76

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Categories

Questions about Dev Deep Interview

What does Dev Deep Interview do?

Socratic questioning to crystallize vague requirements into a testable spec. Dev Deep Interview is an agent skill from evolution-foundation/evo-nexus. Socratic questioning to crystallize vague requirements into a testable spec.

When should I use Dev Deep Interview?

Dev Deep Interview fits situations like: input is ambiguous; the user asks for deep interview; before dev-autopilot if the brief is too broad.

How do I install Dev Deep Interview in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add evolution-foundation/evo-nexus --skill dev-deep-interview -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/dev-deep-interview in evolution-foundation/evo-nexus) into .claude/skills/dev-deep-interview in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Dev Deep Interview in Codex?

Run `npx skills add evolution-foundation/evo-nexus --skill dev-deep-interview -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/dev-deep-interview in evolution-foundation/evo-nexus) into .agents/skills/dev-deep-interview in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Dev Deep 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 evolution-foundation/evo-nexus --skill dev-deep-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/dev-deep-interview, .gemini/skills/dev-deep-interview, .github/skills/dev-deep-interview and .opencode/skills/dev-deep-interview in your project.

What does Dev Deep Interview need to run?

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

Does Dev Deep 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 Dev Deep 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 Dev Deep Interview use?

Dev Deep Interview has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Dev Deep Interview use?

About 1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.1k 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 Dev Deep Interview?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Dev Deep Interview: DeepTutor CLI (HKUDS/DeepTutor, 41k stars), AI Engineering Project Tutor (rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch, 66k stars), Hung-Yi Lee Teaching Style (voidful/hung-yi-lee-skill, 1.3k stars) and Claude Certification Tutor (rohitg00/ai-engineering-from-scratch, 66k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Dev Deep Interview?

evolution-foundation (a GitHub organization) maintains it in evolution-foundation/evo-nexus, which has 545 GitHub stars. The repository holds 117 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on May 13, 2026.

Source: evolution-foundation/evo-nexus on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.