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interview
Use when the user wants to build or change something but the request is vague or open-ended: 'help me figure out what to build', 'I'm not sure what it should do', 'add X' with no details, or no clear definition of done. Runs a short Socratic interview that turns the idea into goals, constraints, and acceptance criteria before any code is written. Not for simple questions, small clear edits, or an existing Seed.
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# /ouroboros:interview
Socratic interview that turns a vague request into the goals, constraints, and acceptance criteria a Seed needs.
## Required Skill Capabilities
- `ask_user`: ask human-judgment questions through the active runtime's `ask_user` capability.
- `inspect_code`: answer repo-local factual questions from exact local files before asking the user.
- `call_mcp`: use Ouroboros MCP tools for persistent interview state and seed generation.
- `orchestrate_subagents`: run advisory lanes and the Seed-ready Acceptance Guard lanes.
- `run_lateral_review`: invoke lateral thinking subagents before milestone turns and direct-answer synthesis.
- `web_research`: fetch current external facts only when the interview genuinely depends on them.
- `refine_answer`: confirm structured interpretations of free-text answers before forwarding them (Refine gate).
- `maintain_ledger`: keep ambiguity, gates, and unresolved decisions visible in the main session.