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Elicit the real requirements by interviewing the requester BEFORE building or writing anything — one question at a time, until the brief is buildable. Use when a request is vague ('make me a dashboard', 'write something for the board'), when past deliverables missed the mark, or when the user says 'interview me' / 'ask me questions first'. Produces a validated brief: goal, audience, constraints, success criteria, and explicit non-goals — then, and only then, the work.

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# Interview Me Skill

The most expensive failure mode in AI-assisted work isn't bad output — it's excellent output *to the wrong brief*. This skill inverts the flow: before producing anything, interview the requester like a senior consultant would, one question at a time, until the brief can survive contact with the deliverable.

## What This Skill Produces

- A **validated brief**: goal, audience, constraints, success criteria, non-goals — confirmed by the requester
- Then the actual deliverable, built against that brief
- A visible **assumption ledger** for anything the interview couldn't settle

## When to Trigger (and when not)

Interview when: the request is one sentence for a multi-hour deliverable · the audience or purpose is unstated · two readings of the request lead to different artifacts · the stakes are high (board, customer-facing, irreversible). **Skip the interview** when the request is already specific, the pattern is established from earlier in the conversation, or the cost of a wrong draft is lower than the cost of five questions — say "I have enough to start" and start.
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