From agora
Interrogate a plan, design, PRD, claim, or strategic proposal one question at a time until its assumptions are clear enough to verify.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/agora:cartesian-grillThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
Turn vague confidence into clear, distinct, testable commitments.
Turn vague confidence into clear, distinct, testable commitments.
This is an interactive Descartes-style interrogation skill. It is for the path to clarity, not the final batch review artifact.
cartesian-grill is a live questioning protocol.
doubt-list is a batch verification artifact.
Use cartesian-grill when the proposal still needs to be pressured through
one question at a time.
Use doubt-list when enough material exists to generate a complete doubt list,
verification actions, clarity gate, and release posture in one pass.
Use this skill when:
Skip this skill when:
clarify-goalsdoubt-listassumption-auditName the exact plan, design, PRD, claim, or strategy being grilled.
Start with the question most likely to change the outcome.
Mark the answer as:
Continue one question at a time until one of these is true:
doubt-listSummarize only the questions that changed the judgment.
## Cartesian Grill
### Object of Interrogation
- ...
### Question Trail
- Question: ...
- Why it matters: ...
- Answer: ...
- Classification: Fact / Inference / Preference / Guess
### Clear and Distinct Commitments
- ...
### Remaining Doubts
- Doubt: ...
- Verification action: ...
### Clarity Gate
- Clear enough for `doubt-list` / Blocking ambiguity / Reframe before review
### Recommended Next Step
- ...
This skill is complete only when the work has produced one of:
doubt-listGuides creation, editing, and verification of skills for AI coding agents using test-driven development with subagent scenarios. Use when authoring or debugging skills.
npx claudepluginhub malleus35/agora --plugin agora