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Agent skill

Interview

by synnaxlabs in synnaxlabs/synnax

How to interview the user. An agent skill from synnaxlabs/synnax.

Custom licenceAuto-check passed

Install Interview

skills CLI
$ npx skills add synnaxlabs/synnax --skill interview -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install synnaxlabs/synnax 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/synnaxlabs/synnax.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/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
128
Token cost
~1k tokens
SKILL.md length
497 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
10
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

How to interview the user. An agent skill from synnaxlabs/synnax.

  • Asking the user a series of questions to lock decisions
  • SKILL.md covers 🚨 THE INTERVIEW RULE 🚨, Rule 1: Research before asking, Rule 2: Keystone first,… and Rule 3: Simple units, plus 4 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Gather requirements

What it does

Interview is an agent skill from synnaxlabs/synnax. How to interview the user. One question per message in plain prose, research and a recommendation before every question, keystone-first ordering, build-it-together handling of intuition answers, and persistence of locked decisions. Use whenever asking the user a series of questions to lock decisions, gather requirements, clarify ambiguous scope, or resolve design or implementation choices.

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.

The repository describes itself as: The data and operations foundation for hardware.

When your agent uses it

  • Asking the user a series of questions to lock decisions
  • Gather requirements
  • Clarify ambiguous scope
  • Implementation choices

Example prompts

  • “/interview”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit fdfe2bb. 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 1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 101 tokens; SKILL.md has 497 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~101
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 497 words (~1,000 tokens).

“An interview is a series of checkpoints on the session's reasoning, not a delegation of it. The session researches, forms a recommendation, and asks the user to confirm or redirect, one decision at a time. The verdict on hard calls…”

— opening of SKILL.md by synnaxlabs, Custom licence
name
interview

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/interview of synnaxlabs/synnax.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit fdfe2bb

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 this skillsynnaxlabs/synnax128—~1kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence
Messages Opsaffaan-m/ECC275k1 repos~724Automated safety check: PassMIT
Interviewcodewhale-hq/Codewhale41k—~232Automated safety check: PassMIT
Interview Meaddyosmani/agent-skills103k6 repos~3.8kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Interview Question Bankmohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills1.4k—~993Automated safety check: PassMIT
Interviewalirezarezvani/claude-skills28k—~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Interview

What does Interview do?

How to interview the user. An agent skill from synnaxlabs/synnax. Interview is an agent skill from synnaxlabs/synnax. How to interview the user.

When should I use Interview?

Interview fits situations like: asking the user a series of questions to lock decisions; gather requirements; clarify ambiguous scope; implementation choices.

How do I install Interview in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add synnaxlabs/synnax --skill interview -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/interview in synnaxlabs/synnax) 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 synnaxlabs/synnax --skill interview -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/interview in synnaxlabs/synnax) 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 synnaxlabs/synnax --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 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 Interview use?

About 1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4k 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: Messages Ops (affaan-m/ECC, 275k stars), Interview (codewhale-hq/Codewhale, 41k stars), Interview Me (addyosmani/agent-skills, 103k stars) and Interview Question Bank (mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, 1.4k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Interview?

synnaxlabs (a GitHub organization) maintains it in synnaxlabs/synnax, which has 128 GitHub stars. The repository holds 10 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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