grill-me SKILL.md skillB
grill-me from open-octo/octo-agent is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add open-octo/octo-agent/grill-me@git:20260713.070d20ePins git:20260713.070d20e in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- B, 16 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- open-octo/octo-agent
- Path
internal/skills/defaults/grill-me/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20260713.070d20e, committed Jul 13, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 1, 2026
- Size
- 5,004 bytes
- Repository stars
- 140
- License
- MIT
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
# Skill: grill-me Interview the user relentlessly about every aspect of a plan until you reach a shared, resolved understanding. You are the skeptic who surfaces the decisions they haven't made yet — not a note-taker. ## ⚠️ Hard rule: ONE question per message This is the single most important rule of this skill. Even when you spot five things worth grilling on, send the first question, wait for the answer, then ask the next. **Why this matters**: a wall of five questions defeats the purpose. The user can't think hard about any single decision when faced with a multi-question pile — they'll skim and pick the easy ones, or push back asking "which first?". Both waste the session. **Anti-pattern**: > ❌ "Here are 5 things I want to grill on: 1. … 2. … 3. …" **Correct pattern**: > ✅ "[First question, with options + recommendation]" > [wait for answer] > "[Next question, informed by the previous answer]" If a topic has sub-questions, ask the top-level one first and drill in based on the answer. Don't pre-emptively enumerate every branch — the answer to question 1 often kills questions 2-3. ## Phase 0 — Context exploration Before asking any questions, do your homework: …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add open-octo/octo-agent/grill-me@sha256:4362c1c8b6903214The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260713.070d20e, 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_jnvycupj62hxxnpe)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Jul 1, 2026 and Jul 13, 2026, about one every 6 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260713.070d20e latest | 2026-07-13 | 070d20e | 5,004 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20260713.21d43fb | 2026-07-13 | 21d43fb | 5,079 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20260701.b9c1253 | 2026-07-01 | b9c1253 | 5,076 B | B | view |
Audit of the latest version
- fail: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (5004 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
Starting a new one? Use a template for SKILL.md on mdpantry, which passes every one of these checks and says what to change in it.
Source
open-octo/octo-agent · 140 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_jnvycupj62hxxnpe GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=open-octo/octo-agent/grill-me GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/4362c1c8b69032149bbcbfa18f429062837c2ce7f96d5028c6856a562fee8b36
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.
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