Sigil: Scope Interview

SkillDev tools

Use when: interviewing a greenfield idea, brownfield repository, or mixed project scope into a structured discovery baseline.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Sigil: Scope Interview skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by cyberalchemyai/arcanum in arcana/scope-interview/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

  • distinguish observed, stated, hypothesized, decided, and unresolved content,
  • cite repository evidence when available,
  • document in-scope and out-of-scope boundaries,
  • record blocker decisions or blocked status,
  • make hypotheses falsifiable,
  • avoid implementation planning before the baseline is stable,
  • return a readiness verdict with concrete next actions.
  • treating user hopes as observed facts,
  • inspecting code so broadly that the interview never starts,
  • producing implementation tasks before scope is understood,
  • hiding out-of-scope boundaries,
  • omitting counter-positions for central assumptions,
  • marking readiness while blocker decisions remain unresolved.
## Scope Interview Result

- Mode: greenfield | brownfield | auto
- Scope: <scope>
- Evidence inspected: <summary>
- Discovery artifacts: <paths>
- Decisions recorded: <count>
- Blockers: <count>
- Verdict: ready for planning | needs more discovery | blocked on scope gate | blocked on decisions
- Next actions: <ordered list>

Signals

GitHub stars
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Last commit
Sep 2026
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Catalog kind
skill
Gateway key
scope-interview
Source
github.com/cyberalchemyai/arcanum