To Questionnaire (Matt Pocock skill)
When what blocks you sits neither in your head nor in the code but in someone else's, this skill writes the questionnaire to send them. Its defining move: it interviews you about the send, not the subject. A normal grilling attacks the subject, which is exactly what you cannot answer here. So the interview covers only two things, who receives the document (role, expertise, relationship to you) and what you need back, then each question aims at the gap between them. The output is Markdown with purpose, context, how to answer, most-important questions first (async often gives you one pass only), one idea per question, an answer stub under each, and a closing catch-all.
Strengths
- Interviews about the send and not the subject, so the interview stays answerable even when you know nothing of the substance
- Most-important-first ordering, calibrated on an async send often granting a single pass
- One idea per question, never compound, with an answer stub directly beneath each
- Outputs a Markdown file in the current directory, usable in a meeting or async alike
Limitations
- Worthless if you can answer yourself: /grill-me or /grill-with-docs goes faster and further there
- No return loop: the skill produces the document, it does not process the answers that come back
- Quality depends on how you describe the recipient: a vague profile yields an off-target questionnaire
Best for
- Decisions blocked on a business, legal or infra constraint only another team knows
- PMs and POs preparing an interview with an expert who do not want to improvise their questions
- Engagement scoping where the client holds half the answers and only one pass is possible