GrillMe Skills

GrillMe Skills are discussed in Vol. 170 Fable 5 重出江湖，GPT 仍需努力 as Matpaco’s lighter, manually invoked alternative to an always-on Superpowers workflow. The hosts describe using this style of skill to ask sharper requirement questions, produce specs or ADRs, write PRDs, decompose issues, and then hand execution to Codex, GLM, or another agent.

The episode’s distinction is control. Superpowers gives a fixed end-to-end process that can help non-experts, while GrillMe-style skills leave the experienced user in charge of when a workflow deserves extra questioning, planning, or review.

Source Position

• GrillMe Skills are treated as useful because they preserve AI Engineering Thinking without forcing every task through a large process.
• The hosts say they moved away from automatic Superpowers hooks because manual skill selection reduces token use and keeps small tasks from becoming over-engineered.
• The pattern reinforces the AI Skills rule that a skill is valuable when it encodes a recurring judgment or workflow, not merely because it is fashionable.

Connections

• AI Skills — broader concept for reusable instructions and workflow assets.
• Superpowers — heavier orchestration bundle contrasted with GrillMe-style manual control.
• Agent Harness — runtime and process layer where skills are loaded and invoked.
• Fable 5, Codex, and AI Coding Verification — model and verification workflow that the skills support.