📝 Intake Interview

This skill helps you elicit, structure, and document a clear Intake Brief from high-level goals without proposing solutions.

QUICK INSTALL
npx playbooks add skill velcrafting/codex-skills --skill intake-interview

About Intake Interview

This skill helps you elicit, structure, and document a clear Intake Brief from high-level goals without proposing solutions.

This compact 18-word instruction set is purpose-built for documentation work in AI coding agents. Install with a single command.

Use Cases

  • Writing API references and README files
  • Generating inline code comments and docstrings
  • Creating architecture decision records (ADRs)
  • Keeping docs in sync with code changes

Example Prompts

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System Prompt (18 words)

This skill helps you elicit, structure, and document a clear Intake Brief from high-level goals without proposing solutions.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Intake Interview?

Intake Interview is a free documentation skill for AI coding agents. This skill helps you elicit, structure, and document a clear Intake Brief from high-level goals without proposing solutions.. It provides a specialized system prompt that configures your agent with documentation expertise.

How do I use Intake Interview with Claude Code?

Run npx playbooks add skill velcrafting/codex-skills --skill intake-interview in your terminal to install Intake Interview into your Claude Code session. It works immediately after installation.

Which AI coding agents work with Intake Interview?

Intake Interview is compatible with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, OpenClaw, Cline, and any AI agent that supports custom system prompts or .cursorrules files.

Is Intake Interview free to use?

Yes, Intake Interview is completely free and open source. The full source is available on GitHub at https://github.com/velcrafting/codex-skills/tree/main/skills/meta/intake-interview. You only need a subscription to the AI agent you use it with.

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