grill-with-docs

Grill With Docs

Use this vs grill-me: grill-with-docs is the doc-grounded variant of grill-me. Use it when the plan relies on external libraries or APIs and every challenge must be grounded in and cite a real documentation URL. Use grill-me for context-only assumption surfacing without fetching docs.

HARD GATE — Every challenge must cite a real documentation URL. No hallucinated APIs.

Process

1. Read the plan or design under test (specs/release-plan.yaml + epic shards, INTERFACE-OPTIONS.md, etc.).
2. List assumptions that depend on external libraries or APIs.
3. For each assumption: fetch or quote official docs; challenge with "docs say X, plan says Y."
4. Resolve or update the plan inline; unresolved items block plan-work.

Docs mode rules

• Cite URL + quoted snippet (method name, parameter, version).
• If docs contradict the plan, plan loses until updated.
• Prefer official docs over blog posts.

Facts vs. Decisions Boundary

Distinguish between facts and decisions:

• Facts — things discoverable by reading docs, checking APIs, or exploring the codebase. Do not ask the user to confirm facts; find them yourself.
• Decisions — choices that require user input (trade-offs, preferences, priorities). Always present options and ask the user to choose.

Never "grill yourself" — if the answer is in the docs, go fetch it. Only ask questions where the user's judgment is needed.

Confirmation Gate

HARD GATE — Do NOT enact the plan or generate specifications until the user explicitly confirms shared understanding. Wait for explicit approval (e.g., "looks good", "confirmed", "proceed") before transitioning to any implementation, spec-writing, or task-slicing step.

Verify

→ verify: test -f skills/grill-with-docs/SKILL.md && test -f skills/grill-with-docs/REFERENCE.md

See REFERENCE.md for question templates.

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Grill With Docs — Question templates

• "Docs at [URL] show signature foo(bar?: Baz). Your plan calls foo(bar, baz) — which is correct?"
• "The changelog at [URL] deprecates X in v3. Your plan still uses X — migrate or pin version?"
• "Error handling in [URL] throws NetworkError. Your plan catches Error only — is that sufficient?"