generic-grill-me SKILL.md skillA
generic-grill-me from smars-bin-hu/copilot-agentic-harness is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add smars-bin-hu/copilot-agentic-harness/generic-grill-me@git:20261013.6076c78Pins git:20261013.6076c78 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- smars-bin-hu/copilot-agentic-harness
- Path
.github/skills/generic-grill-me/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20261013.6076c78, committed Oct 13, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 30, 2026
- Size
- 6,141 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3
- License
- Apache-2.0
When anything about a task is unclear, ask the user many questions first, until no blind spot is left and the user has confirmed, and only then start. For tasks with a vague requirement, missing information, several readings or trade-offs: it keeps the agent from acting on its own guesses. Keywords: grill me, clarify the requirement, follow-up questions, confirm the requirement, unclear requirement, ask before doing, ask clarifying questions.
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: ask until it is clear, then act When even one thing about a task is unclear, stop and ask the user first. Act only when no blind spot is left and the user has confirmed. The aim: the agent must not fill in what the user did not say with its own estimates, ideas or guesses. ## When to use it - The task description has a gap: any one of goal, scope, input, output, constraints or acceptance standard is not clear. - A sentence can be read in two or more ways. - There is a choice between several approaches, and the user has not said which. - You catch yourself thinking "it is probably like this" or "this should do". That is the signal to ask. - The user says "grill me" or "ask first, then do it". When every dimension of the task is clear and there is only one way to do it, this skill is not needed. Do not ask for the sake of asking. ## Workflow 1. **Freeze the work.** From now on change no file, run no command with side effects, and do not start on "the part that is obviously fine". Only read-only actions are allowed: reading files, searching code, reading docs. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add smars-bin-hu/copilot-agentic-harness/generic-grill-me@sha256:74fb9fdac898fb70The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261013.6076c78, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_ipkhm4jlqkfgslz7)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 13, 2026, about one every 7 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261013.6076c78 latest | 2026-10-13 | 6076c78 | 6,141 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261011.011df4e | 2026-10-11 | 011df4e | 5,264 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260930.3549bbd | 2026-09-30 | 3549bbd | 5,279 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (6141 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
smars-bin-hu/copilot-agentic-harness · 3 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ipkhm4jlqkfgslz7 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=smars-bin-hu/copilot-agentic-harness/generic-grill-me GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/74fb9fdac898fb709356a0215a3ffa0c4e700004725036654c3b0e0ce6e3cc90
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.
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