Brainstorming
obra/superpowers
Makes the agent clarify intent and agree on a design with you before writing any code, scaling the process from a quick spike to a written spec.
Interview the user relentlessly about a plan, design, or topic, checkpointing every answer to a brainstorm file so nothing is lost.
Install Grill Me
$ npx skills add nateherkai/AIS-OS --skill grill-me -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install nateherkai/AIS-OS grill-me --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nateherkai/AIS-OS.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/grill-me .claude/skills/grill-me && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "grill-me" agent skill from https://github.com/nateherkai/AIS-OS/tree/main/.agents/skills/grill-me into .claude/skills/grill-me/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "grill-me", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/nateherkai/AIS-OS/tree/main/.agents/skills/grill-meType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add nateherkai/AIS-OS --skill grill-me -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install nateherkai/AIS-OS grill-me --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nateherkai/AIS-OS.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/grill-me .agents/skills/grill-me && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "grill-me" agent skill from https://github.com/nateherkai/AIS-OS/tree/main/.agents/skills/grill-me into .agents/skills/grill-me/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "grill-me", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add nateherkai/AIS-OS --skill grill-me -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install nateherkai/AIS-OS grill-me --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nateherkai/AIS-OS.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/grill-me .cursor/skills/grill-me && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "grill-me" agent skill from https://github.com/nateherkai/AIS-OS/tree/main/.agents/skills/grill-me into .cursor/skills/grill-me/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "grill-me", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/nateherkai/AIS-OS.git --path .agents/skills/grill-me--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add nateherkai/AIS-OS --skill grill-me -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install nateherkai/AIS-OS grill-me --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nateherkai/AIS-OS.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/grill-me .gemini/skills/grill-me && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "grill-me" agent skill from https://github.com/nateherkai/AIS-OS/tree/main/.agents/skills/grill-me into .gemini/skills/grill-me/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "grill-me", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install nateherkai/AIS-OS grill-meInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add nateherkai/AIS-OS --skill grill-me -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nateherkai/AIS-OS.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/grill-me .github/skills/grill-me && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "grill-me" agent skill from https://github.com/nateherkai/AIS-OS/tree/main/.agents/skills/grill-me into .github/skills/grill-me/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "grill-me", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add nateherkai/AIS-OS --skill grill-me -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install nateherkai/AIS-OS grill-me --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nateherkai/AIS-OS.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/grill-me .opencode/skills/grill-me && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "grill-me" agent skill from https://github.com/nateherkai/AIS-OS/tree/main/.agents/skills/grill-me into .opencode/skills/grill-me/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "grill-me", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
grill-me- GitHub stars
- 1.6k
- Token cost
- ~1.8k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 976 words
- Files
- 2
- Skills in repo
- 6
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Interview the user relentlessly about a plan, design, or topic, checkpointing every answer to a brainstorm file so nothing is lost.
- Works in 3 steps: Create the capture file at… → Create the file immediately with a… → Tell the user where you're saving, in…
- The user wants to stress-test a plan
- SKILL.md covers The capture file is the whole…, Existing context and scope, Setup (do this BEFORE the… and The checkpoint rule…, plus 4 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Grill Me is an agent skill from nateherkai/AIS-OS. Interview the user relentlessly about a plan, design, or topic, checkpointing every answer to a brainstorm file so nothing is lost. Use when the user wants to stress-test a plan, get grilled on a design, run a brainstorm or discovery session, extract what's in their head into a doc, build up their AI OS context over time, or says "grill me".
Its SKILL.md is about 1.8k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`).
It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Requirements gathering, Brainstorming and Load testing. The repository describes itself as: AI Operating System starter kit for Claude Code and Codex. Five skills: /onboard, /audit, /link, /level-up, and /3d-brain. Includes the Three Ms framework.
When your agent uses it
- The user wants to stress-test a plan
- Get grilled on a design
- Run a brainstorm
- Discovery session
Example prompts
- “grill me”
- “/grill-me”
Workflow steps
3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Create the capture file at brainstorms/{YYYY-MM-DD}-{topic-slug}.md (create the brainstorms/ folder if it doesn't exist). Every brainstorm…
- Create the file immediately with a header: title, date, the goal of the session, and an empty "Open flags" section.
- Tell the user where you're saving, in one line. Then ask Q1.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ce9cb93. 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
Grill Me loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 88 tokens; SKILL.md has 976 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 976 words (~1,807 tokens).
“Relentlessly interview the user about every aspect of the topic until you reach shared understanding. Walk down each branch of the decision tree, resolving dependencies one by one. The real goal is to extract what's in their head into a…”
- name
- grill-me
Files
SKILL.md and 1 other file in .agents/skills/grill-me of nateherkai/AIS-OS.
- SKILL.md
- agents/openai.yaml
Open the folder on GitHubat commit ce9cb93
Compare with similar skills
Grill Me 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.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grill Me this skillnateherkai/AIS-OS | 1.6k | — | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Brainstormingobra/superpowers | 297k | 1 repos | ~2.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Grillingpietheinstrengholt/rssmonster | 564 | 31 repos | ~510 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Brainstorming Before BuildingjnMetaCode/superpowers-zh | 8.3k | — | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| CE BrainstormEveryInc/compound-engineering-plugin | 25k | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Grill MeEffect-TS/effect-smol | 782 | 1 repos | ~504 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Grill Me
What does Grill Me do?
Interview the user relentlessly about a plan, design, or topic, checkpointing every answer to a brainstorm file so nothing is lost. Grill Me is an agent skill from nateherkai/AIS-OS. Interview the user relentlessly about a plan, design, or topic, checkpointing every answer to a brainstorm file so nothing is lost.
When should I use Grill Me?
Grill Me fits situations like: the user wants to stress-test a plan; get grilled on a design; run a brainstorm; discovery session.
How do I install Grill Me in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add nateherkai/AIS-OS --skill grill-me -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/grill-me in nateherkai/AIS-OS) into .claude/skills/grill-me in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Grill Me in Codex?
Run `npx skills add nateherkai/AIS-OS --skill grill-me -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/grill-me in nateherkai/AIS-OS) into .agents/skills/grill-me in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Grill Me 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 nateherkai/AIS-OS --skill grill-me -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/grill-me, .gemini/skills/grill-me, .github/skills/grill-me and .opencode/skills/grill-me in your project.
What does Grill Me need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Grill Me is instructions for the agent only.
Does Grill Me 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 Grill Me 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 Grill Me use?
Grill Me 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 Grill Me use?
About 1.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.2k 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 Grill Me?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Grill Me: Brainstorming (obra/superpowers, 297k stars), Grilling (pietheinstrengholt/rssmonster, 564 stars), Brainstorming Before Building (jnMetaCode/superpowers-zh, 8.3k stars) and CE Brainstorm (EveryInc/compound-engineering-plugin, 25k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Grill Me?
nateherkai (a GitHub user) maintains it in nateherkai/AIS-OS, which has 1,593 GitHub stars. The repository holds 6 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 7, 2026.
Source: nateherkai/AIS-OS on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.