Hot Seat + Docs
The same interview, writing decision records as you go.
What it does
A relentless interview to sharpen a plan or design, which also creates docs (ADR's and glossary) as we go.
Install in under a minute
Mac or Linux, after you download
unzip hot-seat-docs.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/Windows PowerShell
Expand-Archive hot-seat-docs.zip -DestinationPath $HOME\.claude\skills- Start a new Claude Code session so it sees the skill.
- Ask in plain words, for example: "Use Hot Seat + Docs on this project."
- Unzip the download, then zip just the hot-seat-docs folder if your computer added an extra folder.
- In Claude.ai, open Settings, then Capabilities, and upload it under Skills.
- Turn the skill on and ask Claude to use it.
Hot Seat + Docs uses the open SKILL.md format, so it also works in agents like Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and Codex. Copy the hot-seat-docs folder into that agent's skills folder, for example .cursor/skills/ or .github/skills/ in your project.
What's inside
In the download: agents/openai.yaml, LICENSE, NOTICE.md, SKILL.md
Credit and license
Hot Seat + Docs is a renamed, packaged copy of grill-with-docs by Matt Pocock (github.com/mattpocock/skills), used under the MIT license. The license and a list of changes ship inside the download.
Questions
Does Hot Seat + Docs work in Claude.ai, not just Claude Code?
Yes. In Claude.ai, upload the hot-seat-docs folder as a zip in Settings under Capabilities. It also works in other agents that support Agent Skills, like Cursor, Gemini CLI and GitHub Copilot.
What do I get?
A zip with the hot-seat-docs folder: its SKILL.md (508 words) and its license files. It comes inside the Engineering Workflow Pack.
Who made Hot Seat + Docs?
It's a renamed, packaged copy of grill-with-docs by Matt Pocock, used under the MIT license. The license and a list of changes ship inside the download.