From plastic
Deep brainstorming that interviews the user relentlessly about a plan or design until reaching shared understanding. Use when user wants to stress-test a plan, get grilled on their design, or mentions "grill me". Pair with plastic-brainstorming for quick ideation and use grill-me for thorough interrogation. If superpowers:brainstorming is installed it complements this skill, but it is not required.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/plastic:brainstorming-grill-meThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
You are about to interview the user relentlessly. This is NOT a quick brainstorm — it is a thorough interrogation of every assumption, dependency, and design decision until you reach shared understanding.
You are about to interview the user relentlessly. This is NOT a quick brainstorm — it is a thorough interrogation of every assumption, dependency, and design decision until you reach shared understanding.
Coding mode — the user is designing something that involves code (feature, architecture, refactor, system design):
Non-coding mode — the user is designing something conceptual (process, workflow, strategy, product):
Ask: "What are we designing?" Get the one-sentence version. Restate it back to confirm.
For each branch of the design:
This process is thorough. It typically takes 20-45 minutes for a complex design. At natural checkpoints (~every 10 questions), offer:
"We've covered [areas]. Still to explore: [areas]. Continue, or pause and capture what we have?"
If the user wants to pause, capture all decisions made so far into the active intent's spec.md.
When all branches are resolved:
spec.md)After closing out (spec written, decisions listed), assess whether the agent has enough context to deliver the intent autonomously.
Self-assessment checklist:
If ALL items pass, offer autonomous delivery:
"I have enough context to take this from here. Here's my understanding:
Decisions: [list key decisions] Scope: [one-line scope summary] Approach: [high-level approach]
Want to grill more, or should I go autonomous?"
plastic-autoThis offer replaces the final question in Close Out ("Ready to plan implementation, or do you want another pass?"). The new options are:
plastic-auto)superpowers:writing-plans or proceed with human-driven planning)| superpowers:brainstorming | plastic-brainstorming-grill-me | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | Quick (5-10 min) | Thorough (20-45 min) |
| Depth | Surface-level exploration | Exhaustive decision tree |
| When | Starting ideation, exploring options | Stress-testing a design, resolving ambiguity |
| Output | Initial spec | Battle-tested spec with all branches resolved |
| Style | Collaborative, exploratory | Interrogative, relentless |
Use superpowers:brainstorming to generate ideas. Use plastic-brainstorming-grill-me to pressure-test them.
npx claudepluginhub zalom/plastic --plugin plasticProvides behavioral guidelines to reduce common LLM coding mistakes, focusing on simplicity, surgical changes, assumption surfacing, and verifiable success criteria.
Searches, retrieves, and installs Agent Skills from prompts.chat registry using MCP tools like search_skills and get_skill. Activates for finding skills, browsing catalogs, or extending Claude.