thkt/challenge

/challenge

Two-phase challenge. Phase 1 grills, Phase 2 spawns critic-design.

Input

• $ARGUMENTS: what to challenge (proposal file path or description)
• If $ARGUMENTS is empty: stop and ask user to specify target. Silent target inference from conversation has high misfire risk.

Phase 1 Grill

Ask one question at a time. Each question must include a recommended answer presented as the top option in AskUserQuestion. Walk down each branch of the design tree, resolving dependencies one-by-one.

Rules

| Rule | Detail | | ---- | ------ | | Code-resolvable questions | If the answer lives in the code, run yomu/ugrep/explore instead of asking | | Question budget | Cap at 7 across the phase. If hitting cap with branches still open, summarise the unresolved set and let user decide whether to continue | | Stop conditions | All decision branches resolved, user signals "enough", or budget hit |

Output to Phase 2

Aggregate grill findings into critic-design input schema before spawning.

| Field | Source | | ----- | ------ | | source | "user-grill" | | artifact_type | inferred from $ARGUMENTS (spec / plan / design / ADR / doc) | | approach | one-line summary of the proposal core | | decisions | architectural-level decisions crystallised during grill (terminology checks and scope minutiae excluded) | | trade-offs | trade-offs surfaced during grill | | referenced_files | files cited or read during grill |

Phase 2 Devil

| Step | Action | | ---- | ------ | | 1 | Compose Phase 2 input from Phase 1 aggregation + original $ARGUMENTS context | | 2 | Spawn critic-design via Task (subagent_type: critic-design, background: false). Mention ARCHITECTURE.md or equivalent if present | | 3 | Wait for completion, capture verdict + weaknesses |

Output

| Section | Content | | ------- | ------- | | Grill summary | Surfaced assumptions, decisions, trade-offs (one-line each) | | Devil verdict | critic-design output verbatim | | Actionable items | Top 3 concrete actions (keep / remove / revise) |