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This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.

grill-me from mikeheid/overture is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add mikeheid/overture/grill-me@git:20261009.d9b1b0d

Pins git:20261009.d9b1b0d in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind: SKILL.md skill
Repository: mikeheid/overture
Path: plugin/skills/grill-me/SKILL.md
Versions recorded: 2
Latest version: git:20261009.d9b1b0d, committed Oct 9, 2026
First version recorded: Oct 9, 2026
Size: 4,481 bytes
Repository stars: 5
License: MIT

Adversarially grill the operator on a half-formed idea BEFORE it spawns work. Produces 3–5 pointed questions that stress the idea's user, failure mode, scale, opportunity cost and evidence. Writes each as a question against the current item so the operator can answer them in-console. Inspired by mattpocock's "grill me" skill, re-shaped for Overture's question/answer/lock pipeline. Use when the owner types /overture:grill-me, or when the Launch Idea pane in the console asks for machine-authored…

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Grill me: the adversarial pre-commit interview

The idea here is simple: **weak answers surface weak ideas before you spawn
work.** Overture's Launch Idea pane ships with a static 5-question set; this
skill lets an agent author the questions against *this* item's actual context so
they are concrete, not generic.

## When to run

- The operator typed `/overture:grill-me` with an item id or an idea title.
- **A message with `intent: "grill"` arrived in an item's thread (1.30.0).**
  The Launch Idea pane's "⚡ Grill with agent" button writes exactly this
  message with the operator's pitch as the body. Pick up the newest
  `grill`-intent message in the item's thread that has no agent-authored
  grill questions following it, author 3–5 questions, write them through
  `/question` on the same item, and emit a short confirmation message in
  the thread so the operator can see the fleet took it.
- The owner asked for a "grilling" ticket on an item that already carries a
  pitch in its description.

## The five axes

Every run produces at most five questions, each on a distinct axis. If an axis
is answered inside the pitch itself ("this is for backend engineers running
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add mikeheid/overture/grill-me@sha256:33536270436eadd9

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261009.d9b1b0d, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

Badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_dkq4grb5g7qivghi.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_dkq4grb5g7qivghi)

3 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, all committed on Oct 9, 2026.

version	committed	commit	size	audit
git:20261009.d9b1b0d latest	2026-10-09	d9b1b0d	4,481 B	A	view · diff
git:20261009.5b0c05b	2026-10-09	5b0c05b	4,109 B	A	view

Audit of the latest version

A 17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.

pass: Frontmatter block present
pass: Frontmatter declares a name
pass: Frontmatter declares a description
pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (4481 bytes)
pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
pass: No credential-shaped string
pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
pass: No text hidden with inline styles
pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
pass: No link to a raw IP address
pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

mikeheid/overture · 5 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_dkq4grb5g7qivghi
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=mikeheid/overture/grill-me
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/33536270436eadd9337bde995c13e948fc7b59dcb172b79a265282a3880192e9

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.