Interview Design

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Interview questions
• Interview subjects
• Testimony collection
• Interview design

Example prompts

• “interview questions,”
• “interview subjects,”
• “testimony collection,”
• “/interview-design”

Workflow steps

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

1. 1Informed Consent: Clearly explain the interview's purpose, scope of use, and disclosure method in advance
2. 2Vulnerable Group Protection: Exercise special care with minors, victims, and subjects with mental health issues
3. 3Editing Fairness: Do not distort statements by separating them from their context
4. 4Post-Review Rights: For sensitive topics, it is recommended to give the interviewee an opportunity to review before broadcast
5. 5Anonymity Respect: Provide protective measures such as face blurring and voice alteration when requested

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 8e8d35c. 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 Design loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 86 tokens; SKILL.md has 429 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~86

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.4k

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

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 revfactory/harness-100 at commit 8e8d35c, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© revfactory). 429 words, ~1,449 tokens.

name

interview-design

description

A specialized skill for the interviewer agent covering documentary interview design. Provides interviewee selection, question sequence design, emotional elicitation techniques, and ethical interview principles. Use for 'interview questions,' 'interview subjects,' 'testimony collection,' 'interview design,' and similar topics.

[Broad question] "What led you to work in this field?"
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[Exploratory question] "What moment stands out most in your memory?"
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[Core question] "What do you think is the real cause of this problem?"
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[Challenge question] "What do you think about the opposing view?"
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[Reflective question] "How do you think things will be different in 10 years?"

## Interview Guide: [Subject Name/Type]

### Interview Information
- Subject: [Name, Title]
- Role: [VOICE matrix classification]
- Related Scene: [Scene number from treatment]
- Estimated Time: XX minutes
- Interview Format: In-person / Video / Phone

### Background Research
- [Summary of information gathered about the subject]
- [Connection to documentary topic]

### Question Sequence

#### Warm-Up (5 min)
1. [Comfortable introductory question]
2. [Background question]

#### Core (15-20 min)
3. [Core question 1 — Experience/Facts]
4. [Core question 2 — Cause/Analysis]
5. [Core question 3 — Emotion/Reaction]
   -> Follow-up: [Additional questions based on anticipated response]

#### Challenge (5-10 min)
6. [Present opposing view and observe reaction]
7. [The most difficult question]

#### Closing (5 min)
8. [Reflection/Future question]
9. "Is there anything you'd really like to say that I haven't asked about?"

### Required Quote Targets
- Essential statement to obtain from this interview: [Core topic]
- Comment to use in treatment [Scene X]

### Ethics Check
- [ ] Filming/recording consent form prepared
- [ ] Sensitive topics communicated in advance
- [ ] Right to stop the interview communicated

© revfactory, Apache-2.0. 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 en/09-documentary-research/.claude/skills/interview-design of revfactory/harness-100.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 8e8d35c