interview-me

interview-me is a cursor rule for Cursor from kok-o/koko-contextos-agents. It costs 33 tokens per session (775 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A question-by-question method for clarifying unclear software tasks before planning or coding. It focuses on goals, restrictions, design choices, and possible risks.

In plain words
What is it for?
It helps gather requirements for database migrations, authentication changes, API changes, user-interface decisions, and other tasks with several possible approaches.
Why use it?
It reduces rework caused by hidden assumptions and vague requirements. Asking one focused question at a time makes complex or high-impact changes easier to define safely.

Cursor rule for Cursor

Written for Cursor: installed under .cursor/. Also seen: built for gstack.

Good fit It helps gather requirements for database migrations, authentication changes, API changes, user-interface decisions, and other tasks with several possible approaches.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add rules/kok-o/koko-contextos-agents/interview-me
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kok-o/koko-contextos-agents

Made for: Cursor.

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Per session 33 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 775 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00033 $0.00775
Opus 5 $0.00016 $0.00387
Sonnet 5 $0.00007 $0.00155
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00077

Measured 4d ago against content hash 7729a83ec9db, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-09, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

interview-me scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 4d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.cursor/rules/interview-me.mdc · 100 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 100 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Skill: interview-me

interview-me

Overview

Structured requirements interrogation framework inspired by addyosmani/agent-skills. Prevents wasted cycles by transforming vague user intents into crisp, unambiguous architectural constraints through single-question progressive interview loops.

When to Use

Activate whenever:

  • User task has underspecified requirements, open UX decisions, or multiple viable architectural trade-offs.
  • A high-blast-radius change (database migrations, auth refactor, API contract change) is requested.
  • Explicitly triggered via /spec, /interview, or "ask me questions first".

Rules & Patterns

1. The One-Question-At-A-Time Rule

Never overwhelm the user with a 10-point interrogation form.

  • Ask exactly ONE focused question per turn (or at most two tightly-coupled binary options).
  • Provide the recommended option first with clear rationale: "(Recommended) Option A because...".
  • Always allow write-in or clarification.

2. The 4 Interrogation Dimensions

Interrogate in this strict priority order:

  1. Business Outcome & Invariants:
    • What core problem does this solve?
    • What behavior is strictly forbidden?
  2. Scope Boundaries (In vs Out):
    • What must be delivered in this atomic slice?
    • What is explicitly deferred to later?
  3. Technical Constraints:
    • Versions, libraries, database engines, backwards compatibility requirements.
  4. Edge Cases & Failure Modes:
    • What happens on network disconnect, empty response, or unauthorized token?

3. Progressive Synthesis

After each user answer:

  • Acknowledge the decision and update the mental model.
  • If more critical decisions remain, ask the next question.
  • Once 2–4 key questions are resolved, synthesize the formal Feature Spec and transition to engineering-workflow ([PHASE: Plan]).

Code Examples

Interactive Interview Turn Example

**Question 1 of 3 (Authentication Strategy)**

Before implementing the API authentication layer, we need to align on session storage:

1. **(Recommended) HTTP-only Secure Cookies with Refresh Tokens**:
   - *Why*: Immune to XSS token theft, standard for web dashboards.
2. **Bearer Token in Authorization Header**:
   - *Why*: Ideal if this API will also be consumed by mobile apps or third-party CLI tools.

Which model fits your architecture best?

Read the full file on GitHub · 100 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 4d ago First seen · 100 lines · 33 tokens per session scan A 7729a83ec9db

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interview-me is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository kok-o/koko-contextos-agents (2 stars, last pushed 5d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 33 tokens to every session and 775 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-05.

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