Talk it through before starting
When you want to make something new, it asks one question at a time to help you figure out what you want.
Good for: People with an idea that isn't fully formed yet
It keeps questioning your plan until every gap is filled.
Good for: People with a plan they'd like poked at first
Read this first: Starting with "Grill me" works best. It asks questions round by round and waits for your answers.
Just say the “You say to AI” line, with your own details swapped in.
You say to AI
Grill me on this plan: I'm taking my parents on a road trip through the mountains over the long weekend. Help me think it through.
What AI does
What you get
A plan with every key decision thought through.
You say to AI
Grill me on this: I want to turn my living room into a study. Help me figure out what I've missed.
What AI does
What you get
A makeover plan with no loose ends, confirmed by you.
Want the original instructions? SKILL.md on mattpocock/skills
Which AI tool do you use?
1. Open the Terminal app on your computer, paste the line below and press Enter
npx skills add mattpocock/ skills @grilling -gWith no tool name, the command looks for the AI tools on your computer and asks where to install. If it says npx is missing or too old, install the latest Node.js (22 or newer) first.
Don't feel like opening a terminal?
Tools like Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Trae can run commands themselves. Send them this:
npx skills add mattpocock/ skills @grilling -g2. Reopen your AI tool
New Skills only get picked up after a restart.
3. Just say what you want
Say it the way the examples do. To call it by name, say “Use grilling to help me…”.
When you want to make something new, it asks one question at a time to help you figure out what you want.
Good for: People with an idea that isn't fully formed yet
When a chat gets too long and you need a fresh one, it boils everything down into a handoff note.
Good for: People who have long chats with AI and need to carry on in a new one
Converts Markdown into themed HTML you can paste into a WeChat Official Account post.
Good for: People who write WeChat Official Account articles in Markdown