# Grilling

Concept · [Building with AI](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ai)

Also called: grill me, grill, interview me, Socratic questioning, grilling session

Having an [agent](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ai-agent) question you one decision at a time until the plan is clear, before any building starts. It brings out the gaps an agent would otherwise fill with guesses, and the answers often become a [spec](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/spec).

**For example:** Before building a waitlist, a [founder](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder) asks the [agent](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ai-agent) to grill her, and it asks twelve questions, including what happens when the list is full.

## Connects to (7)

- [Design concept](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/design-concept): The shared picture of what is being built, held by you and by the agent, separate from any document or code.
- [Spec](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/spec): A written description of what is being built and why, for work too big to finish in one session.
- [Human in the loop](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/human-in-the-loop): Designing an AI process so a person reviews, approves or corrects the AI's work at key steps instead of letting it act alone.
- [Prototype](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/prototype): An early, rough version of a product made to test an idea or show others what you mean.
- [Customer discovery](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/customer-discovery): Talking with possible customers to learn about their problems before you build, so that you build something they need.
- [AFK](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/afk): Short for away from keyboard.
- [Sycophancy](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/sycophancy): The habit AI models have of telling you what you want to hear: agreeing too readily, praising weak ideas or giving up a correct answer…

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/grilling