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9 Things People Get Wrong With My /grill-* Skills

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  • Nine common failure modes when using the /grill-* structured interview skills — a suite of AI specification and challenge prompts Matt has built into his Claude Code workflow.
  • Most mistakes involve timing, scope, or context preparation rather than the skill logic itself: invoking a skill without domain context established or scope bounded wastes context and planning time.
  • Connects to Matt’s recent arc: Sandcastle (parallel agents), /grill-with-docs (domain-first interviewing), /handoff, /prototype — each skill has specific preconditions that determine output quality.
  • Practical takeaway: treat /grill-* skills as having an activation cost — verify domain context is established and scope is bounded before invoking. The skill is not self-sufficient; the setup is the work.