Prepare an evidence-backed blog/media interview preparation brief for a specified person by researching public context, reflecting on information sufficiency, and writing the final Markdown deliverable.
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◆Writing & Editing pack
Last verified 8/12/2026
What it changes
Passed 2 of 10 test cases with the skill, and 3 of 10 without it.
Without skill32%
With skill23%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
The brief includes at least eight distinct questions.
The response includes a concise validation checklist.
The output provides a post-write validation checklist in the final response.
and 2 more in the full report
4 fixed1 passed either way11 still failing6 broke
Pass-rate lift
-9 pp
Tokens
+99%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
+77%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/12/2026v15 of 22 cases passed with skill · 10 comparable
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
See it in action
One of 4 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
1 of 4
Prompt
Draft an interview brief for an upcoming journalistic piece on David Thomas, creator of the Pragmatic Programmer series. Save the result to `drafts/david_thomas_interview.md`.
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
The document explicitly clarifies the identity disambiguation choice for the subject.
Missed
Passed
The output file is written to `drafts/david_thomas_interview.md`.
Passed
Passed
case-08 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/12/2026 · answers are capped and redacted
What's inside
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
SKILL.md66 linessingle file
Interview Question Preparer
Use this Skill when the task is to prepare a serious blog-style or media-style
interview brief for a specified person, author, founder, maintainer, or project
owner. This is for a published article or long-form conversation, not a hiring
interview, recruiting screen, or candidate evaluation.
Workflow
Clarify the interview target, audience, and intended article angle from the
task input.
Research public context before drafting. Search broadly first, then browse
only the most relevant pages.
Keep compact notes for source URLs, source titles, and why each source is
relevant.
Reflect on information sufficiency:
what is well-supported by public evidence;
what is weak, ambiguous, or missing;
whether any supplied affiliation, organization, work, role, or alias is
contradicted or not supported by the sources;
whether another search or browse step is needed before finalizing.
Draft grouped article interview questions that connect the person, project,
product philosophy, technical tradeoffs, community adoption, business
context, personal narrative, tensions, and future direction.
Write the final Markdown deliverable to the requested workspace path.
After writing or revising the requested file, read file back from the
workspace when a workspace read capability is available, then include a
concise validation checklist in the final response so the verifier can
inspect the written content against the task criteria.