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Run an interactive one-question-at-a-time oral drill for research defence or active-recall study, escalating around weak answers and ending with a study sheet. Use when the user asks to be grilled, quizzed, or prepared for a viva, job talk, seminar, or exam. Not for a written critique; use $devils-advocate or a review agent.

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# Grill Me — Interactive Oral-Exam Drill

> You answer, out loud, one grounded question at a time. This skill plays a skeptical examiner and interrogates you — escalating on weak or evasive answers — then hands you a study sheet of what you fumbled, with model answers. Two flavours: **defend** your own research, or **study** a class you're learning.

## Two Modes (auto-detected; override with `--defend` / `--study`)

| | **Defend** | **Study** |
|---|---|---|
| Target | *Your own* paper / model / proof / research idea | A class, subject, textbook chapter, lecture notes you're *learning* |
| Goal | Rehearse defending your choices under pressure | Test + deepen recall and understanding of the material |
| "Right answer"? | No single right answer — you defend a *choice*; the examiner probes whether it holds | Yes — there's an objectively correct answer; wrong answers get corrected |
| Default persona | Skeptical-but-fair examiner (viva/referee) | Examiner-Socratic (an examiner who also teaches when you miss) |
| Prep for | Viva · job talk · seminar Q&A · referee/rebuttal armour | Exams · comprehension checks · learning a new field |
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