# interview

Guides founders through a structured six-slot interview to generate an agent build sheet and evaluation plan without requiring an API key.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code · 5 installs · ★ 28786
- Author: Alireza Rezvani
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/HEAD/agent-launcher/skills/interview/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/interview

## What it does

The skill manages phase one of constructing a Claude Managed Agent. It questions the creator across six core dimensions: job, trigger, inputs, actions, definition of done, and recurrence. The workflow focuses strictly on a single core responsibility for v0, while real MCP connectors and irreversible actions become deferred backlog items.

Under the hood, the workflow relies on three Python utilities. First, `interview_planner.py` translates user input into a primitives skeleton. Next, `build_sheet_builder.py` normalizes and assembles `build-sheet.json`. Finally, `primitives_validator.py` verifies platform limits with PASS, WARN, or FAIL outcomes. A FAIL status halts progress until issues are resolved. Python 3 is required to run the planning scripts.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Plugin marketplace**
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add alirezarezvani/claude-skills
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install agent-launcher-skills@claude-code-skills
```
This installs the whole agent-launcher-skills plugin with all its skills

2. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add alirezarezvani/claude-skills --skill interview -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

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

### Cursor

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install alirezarezvani/claude-skills interview
```

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

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills --path agent-launcher/skills/interview
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### 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/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/HEAD/agent-launcher/skills/interview/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- scope the core job of a new Claude Managed Agent
- create a validated build-sheet.json specification
- establish measurable rubrics and completion criteria
- separate v0 essentials from deferred v1 and v2 capabilities

## Example prompts
- Help me scope an agent for triaging support emails
- I have an idea for an agent, let us map it out
- What should this agent do and how do we structure it?

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: interview
description: Phase 1 of building a Claude Managed Agent — interview the founder about the one job the agent should do, then produce a build sheet (CMA primitives table + v1/v2 deferrals + eval plan) WITHOUT needing their API key yet. Use when the user says "help me scope an agent", "I have an idea for an agent", "what should this agent be", or when the orchestrator routes phase=interview. Drives the six intake slots (job, trigger, inputs, actions, definition-of-done, recurrence) via AskUserQuestion, maps them to primitives with interview_planner.py, assembles build-sheet.json with build_sheet_builder.py, and validates limits with primitives_validator.py. Connectors are mockable in v0 (schema-true custom tools); real MCP servers become v1 deferrals. Distinct from stage-launch (which turns the sheet into payloads).
license: MIT
metadata:
  version: 2.11.2
  author: Alireza Rezvani
  tags: [cma, interview, scoping, build-sheet, primitives, deferrals, eval-plan]
  compatible_tools: [claude-code, codex-cli, cursor, antigravity, opencode, gemini-cli]
---

# Phase 1 — Interview → Plan

Open warmly with one or two examples from
[`../../references/examples-bank.md`](../../references/examples-bank.md), then interview
the founder into a **build sheet**. No API key needed in this phase — the output
is a plan.

## The six intake slots (ask one at a time; use AskUserQuestion for choices)

| Slot | Question | Maps to |
|---|---|---|
| **Job** | "What one job should this agent do end-to-end?" | `agent.system` + outcome `description` |
| **Trigger** | "What kicks it off — you ask it, an event, or a schedule?" | on-demand / event / cron |
| **Inputs** | "What does it read?" (files, repo, memory, gmail/slack/github, web) | resources / MCP servers / memory |
| **Actions** | "What does it do?" (draft, write, call APIs, run code) | agent toolset / custom tools / MCP |
| **Done** | "How would you grade a good run?" | outcome `rubric` (required) |
| **Recurrence** | "Once, on request, or on a cadence?" | single-pass / grade-loop / cron-loop |

See [`../../references/interview-to-config.md`](../../references/interview-to-config.md)
for the full mapping.

## Workflow

1. **Interview.** Walk the six slots. Capture the founder's own words — never
   invent specifics they didn't claim.
2. **Map to primitives.**
   ```bash
   python3 scripts/interview_planner.py \
     --job "Triage overnight support email" --trigger schedule \
     --inputs "gmail,memory" --actions "label,reply" \
     --dod "one label per email, grounded reason, no invented facts" \
     --recurrence daily --out ./my-agent/plan.json
   ```
   MCP inputs become **schema-true mock custom tools** in v0 and a **v1 deferral**
   to wire the real server. Irreversible actions (send/publish) become **v2
   deferrals** behind `always_ask`.
3. **Assemble the sheet.**
   ```bash
   python3 scripts/build_sheet_builder.py --plan ./my-agent/plan.json --out-dir ./my-agent
   ```
4. **Validate limits.**
   ```bash
   python3 scripts/primitives_validator.py --sheet ./my-agent/build-sheet.json
   ```
   FAIL blocks progress; fix and re-run. WARN is advisory (surface it).
5. **Record the plan in the goal.** `goal_state.py set --phase stage-launch
````
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