Section 7 — Patterns of Work

    Grilling

    A technique for developing a design concept with an agent: the agent interviews the user Socratically, one decision at a time, proposing a recommended answer for each. Slows the...

    Matt Pocock
    Matt Pocock

    A technique for developing a design concept with an agent: the agent interviews the user Socratically, one decision at a time, proposing a recommended answer for each. Slows the rush to a finished plan — no handoff artifact is written until the concept stabilises.

    Usage:

    "It went straight to writing the spec and got the cancellation logic wrong."

    "Grill it first — make it ask you about partial cancels, refunds, and timing before it commits anything to the doc. Cheaper to resolve in conversation than in code."

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