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# Cross-Examine

Cross-Examine interviews the user relentlessly about a plan or design until shared understanding is reached, asking one question at a time and resolving each branch of the decision tree. Use it when someone wants to stress-test a plan, get grilled on a design, or says "grill me".

**Install:**

```bash
npx degit https://github.com/zebbern/claude-code-guide/tree/main/skills/cross-examine ~/.claude/skills/cross-examine
```

## README

Interview me relentlessly about every aspect of this plan until we reach a shared understanding. Walk down each branch of the design tree, resolving dependencies between decisions one-by-one. For each question, provide your recommended answer.

Ask the questions one at a time.

If a question can be answered by exploring the codebase, explore the codebase instead.