Use when a person says "interview me" or asks to be interviewed about an idea or an existing design document (a board, a plan, a change) until it is understood the same way by them and the agent, or when another skill needs open decisions resolved one by one. Runs in chat and leaves the resolved decisions there, for the caller to write where they belong. Keeping the discussion as a document is brainstorm's, turning it into a plan is write-plan's.
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
# Interview
**The interview ends at shared understanding**: the person and the agent would describe
the object the same way, and every decision is agreed or deferred. Until then, keep going.
The object is a tree of decisions. Each is answered by what can be read or by the person.
**Throw ideas in as you go.** An option the person did not list, a consequence they did not
name, a neighbouring decision the conversation points at: one line, marked as yours, beside
the question it belongs to. The interview draws the person out; it also gives them something
to push against.
**Research every decision that rests on a claim about the world**: a tool exists, it works
with our versions, the industry does it this way. Read the official source, the
specification, the package as published, its types and its changelog, and how reputable
projects solve the same problem, from their sources. State the version read and the date.
A search result or a blog is where reading starts, never where it stops.
**One option, `experiments: yes | no`.** Ask it first, with your recommendation, when the
subject makes it plausible, and later the moment reading cannot settle a claim or the
…
The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261024.7900d5e, 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.
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Source
GitHub
ovich/swarmstorm · 13 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-31 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_kz44mctumkb5vhsx
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ovich/swarmstorm/interview
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/fddbf3520a4ae1d598de7a083adcc0fcf58c27d4eda5bfc03a20377d1f3a3e24
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ovich/swarmstorm · skills/alignment/brainstorm/SKILL.md · Use when a person wants to think an idea through and keep the discussion: a feature, a tool choice, an architecture…
ovich/swarmstorm · skills/alignment/brainswarm/SKILL.md · Use when a person wants a swarm of role seats to work a topic on the swarm board under a chosen protocol: a brainstorm…
ovich/swarmstorm · skills/alignment/whiteboard-defense/SKILL.md · Use when a person wants to be questioned about a system they shipped, says "defend <feature>" or "whiteboard me on…
ovich/swarmstorm · skills/architecture/complexity-rework/SKILL.md · Use when code is hard to follow and is to be audited or reworked: long if/else or switch chains, cascades of type…
ovich/swarmstorm · skills/architecture/deepen-module/SKILL.md · Use when a person asks to design a new module's interface or to rework an existing module so that it hides much behind…
ovich/swarmstorm · skills/architecture/dependency-graph/SKILL.md · Use when a JavaScript or TypeScript project's dependencies must be seen as they are in the code: the whole graph, what…
ovich/swarmstorm · skills/architecture/write-diagrams/SKILL.md · Use when a document produced in this collection (board, plan, report, analysis, durable doc) could carry a diagram, or…
ovich/swarmstorm · skills/companions/aiview/SKILL.md · Use whenever a document is produced for the user to read and react to while it evolves: a brainstorm board, a plan, a…
ovich/swarmstorm · skills/companions/swarm-board/SKILL.md · Use when agents run together on the project's swarm board: a plan, a task swarm or a brainswarm, as its orchestrator or…
ovich/swarmstorm · skills/execute/execute-plan/SKILL.md · Use when carrying out an implementation plan the person has already approved, whether starting it or resuming it in a…
ovich/swarmstorm · skills/execute/orchestrate-plan/SKILL.md · Use whenever execute-plan runs, as the plan's orchestrator: settling the mandate, running the plan phase by phase on…
alirezarezvani/claude-skills · agent-launcher/skills/interview/SKILL.md · Phase 1 of building a Claude Managed Agent — interview the founder about the one job the agent should do, then produce…
boshu2/agentops · skills/interview/SKILL.md · Interview you one question at a time, each choice with a recommendation, to settle a big outcome before agents work…
boshu2/agentops · plugin/skills/interview/SKILL.md · Interview you one question at a time, each choice with a recommendation, to settle a big outcome before agents work…
suxrobgm/jobpilot · plugin/skills/interview/SKILL.md · Produce a tailored interview prep sheet (behavioral, technical, system design, company) from a job description and the…
plastic-labs/claude-honcho · plugins/honcho/skills/interview/SKILL.md · Interview the user to capture stable, cross-project preferences and save them to Honcho
haabe/mycelium · tests/bash/fixtures/check_15/missing_wrapping/plugins/mycelium/skills/interview/SKILL.md · Non-compliant fixture: handles user content but no wrapping acknowledgment.
haabe/mycelium · plugins/mycelium/skills/interview/SKILL.md · Use when onboarding a new product/project. Progressive interview to understand purpose, vision, north star, and…
