interview

# Interview Turns an underspecified request into a confirmed, thought-through scope before a single line is planned or written. It restates and diffs the request, researches the code so its questions are specific, surfaces the unknowns and non-goals, interviews the user only where research falls short, and emits a `brief.md` that planning consumes. > **This `SKILL.md` is a thin index.** Phase procedures live in `rules/*.md` and load on demand. > A full worked run lives in [`references/interview-example.md`](./references/interview-example.md). ## Contents - [When it runs](#when-it-runs) - [Workflow](#workflow) - [Required reading by phase](#required-reading-by-phase) - [Core principles](#core-principles) - [Anti-patterns](#anti-patterns) - [Definition of done](#definition-of-done) --- ## When it runs `$ARGUMENTS` is the request to align on (free text). If `$ARGUMENTS` is empty, use the current conversation's active request; if there is none, ask what to scope — never interview against a guessed request. | Flag | Default | Meaning | | ------------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | `--non-interactive` | off | Do not prompt the user. Surface the questions inside `brief.md` under `Open questions`, pr...