# interrogate

This skill sends code changes to independent model reviewers and combines their findings into a verdict. Use it to challenge a diff and surface blind spots before review.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 5500 installs · ★ 2737
- Author: backnotprop
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/backnotprop/pstack/tree/HEAD/skills/interrogate/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-26
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/interrogate

## What it does

The skill scopes the review to the files, diff, or recent work in question. Before launching reviewers, it states the change’s intent; if that intent is unclear, it asks the user. Each reviewer receives the relevant code and context, along with a shared prompt, rubric, and code-quality criteria from the project files.

Reviewers run as subagents. The skill merges overlapping findings, notes which models raised them, and records disagreements. It sorts each finding into one of four groups, from actionable issues to dismissed claims, with a short rationale. Reviewers are read-only, and the skill does not apply changes automatically.

You can configure reviewer models in the `interrogate reviewers` line of the `pstack-models` settings file; otherwise, the skill uses its defaults. Claude Code needs the `Agent` subagent tool. The skill also consults `poteto-mode` for reasoning level and speed; without a subagent tool, it runs reviewers one at a time.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add backnotprop/pstack --skill interrogate -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/interrogate/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/interrogate/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add backnotprop/pstack --skill interrogate -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/interrogate/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add backnotprop/pstack --skill interrogate -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/interrogate/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install backnotprop/pstack interrogate
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/interrogate/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add backnotprop/pstack --skill interrogate -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/backnotprop/pstack --path skills/interrogate
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/interrogate/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add backnotprop/pstack --skill interrogate -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/backnotprop/pstack/tree/HEAD/skills/interrogate/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- review a branch diff before opening a PR
- surface blind spots in a code change
- compare findings from independent models
- sort blocking issues from lower-priority feedback
- resolve disagreements between reviewers

## Example prompts
- Run `interrogate` on the current branch changes and give me a synthesized verdict.
- Review this diff with multiple independent models and group the findings by severity.
- Check `src/auth.ts` for blind spots and explain which findings would block a PR.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: interrogate
description: "Use for \"interrogate\", \"adversarial review\", \"multi-model review\", \"challenge this\", \"stress test this code\", \"find blind spots\", or \"tear this apart\". Multiple LLM reviewers challenge changes from independent angles."
disable-model-invocation: true
---

# Interrogate

Spawn one reviewer per configured model to adversarially review code changes. The adversarial signal comes from model diversity, not assigned personas. The deliverable is a synthesized verdict. Do NOT auto-apply changes.

## Step 1, Scope

Identify what to review from context:

- If the user points at specific files or a diff, use that.
- If on a feature branch, run `git diff main...HEAD` (or the appropriate base branch) for the full changeset.
- If the user's message references recent work, gather the relevant files.

Package the diff or file contents with any surrounding context files the reviewers need to understand the code.

## Step 2, Intent

Before spawning reviewers, state the intent in one clear paragraph from the user's message, commit messages, the PR description if one exists, and the code. If you're unsure about the intent, ask the user before proceeding.

## Step 3, Spawn Reviewers

Launch all reviewers in a single message with the Task tool, one per entry on the `interrogate reviewers` line in the pstack settings file (`~/.cursor/rules/pstack-models.mdc` in Cursor, `~/.claude/rules/pstack-models.md` in Claude Code, `~/.agents/pstack-models.md` in other harnesses), labeled Reviewer A, B, and so on to match the entry count. If the file or that line is missing, use the table defaults.

**Other harnesses.** The spawns in this skill use Cursor's `Task` tool. In another harness, use its subagent tool: `Agent` in Claude Code (`subagent_type: general-purpose`), `task` in OpenCode (`subagent_type: general`), `spawn_agent` in Codex. Keep the prompt and the model. Drop parameters your tool doesn't have. If your harness has no subagent tool, as in Pi without an extension, run each reviewer yourself, one after another.

| Subagent | Default model |
|----------|---------------|
| Reviewer A | `claude-opus-5-5-xhigh` |
| Reviewer B | `grok-4.7-xhigh-fast` |

Each reviewer gets `subagent_type: generalPurpose`, `readonly: true`, and `model` set to its configured entry, or its table default when there is no configured line. Omit `model` for an `auto` or `inherit-parent` entry, so that reviewer runs on the parent model.
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