interrogate
Updated 2026-10-01
name: interrogatedescription: "Use for \"interrogate\", \"adversarial review\", \"multi-model review\", \"challenge this\", \"stress test this code\", \"find blind spots\", or \"tear this apart\". Multiple LLM reviewers challenge changes from independent angles."disable-model-invocation: trueInterrogate
Section titled “Interrogate”Spawn one reviewer per configured model to adversarially review code changes. Each model gets the same prompt and rubric. The adversarial signal comes from model diversity, not assigned personas.
The deliverable is a synthesized verdict. Do NOT auto-apply changes.
Step 1, Determine Scope
Section titled “Step 1, Determine Scope”Identify what to review from context:
- If the user points at specific files or a diff, use that
- If on a feature branch, run
git diff main...HEAD(or the appropriate base branch) for the full changeset - If the user’s message references recent work, gather the relevant files
Package the diff (or file contents) plus any surrounding context files the reviewers need to understand the code.
Step 2, State the Intent
Section titled “Step 2, State the Intent”Before spawning reviewers, state the intent explicitly. Derive this from:
- The user’s message
- Commit messages
- PR description if one exists
- The code itself
Write one clear paragraph. If you’re unsure about the intent, ask the user before proceeding.
Step 3, Spawn Reviewers
Section titled “Step 3, Spawn Reviewers”Launch all reviewers in a single message using the Task tool. Use the interrogate reviewers line in ~/.cursor/rules/pstack-models.mdc, one reviewer per entry, extending or shrinking the Reviewer A/B/C labels below to the configured entry count. If the rule or that line is missing, use the table defaults.
| Subagent | Default model |
|---|---|
| Reviewer A | claude-opus-5-5-max |
| Reviewer B | gpt-5.6-sol-max |
| Reviewer C | grok-4.7-xhigh-fast |
For each reviewer:
subagent_type:generalPurposemodel: the configuredinterrogate reviewersentry, or the table default with no configured line. For anautoorinherit-parententry, omitmodelso that reviewer runs on the parent model.readonly:true
If the Task tool rejects a configured entry, run that reviewer on the table default of its family and say so. Families go by prefix: claude-*, gpt-*, and grok-*. With no family match, use Reviewer A’s default. If it rejects a table default, check the valid slugs in the Task tool’s error message, pick the closest equivalent (prefer the highest-reasoning tier of the same family), spawn with it, and open a separate PR to update the default table. Do not block the review on the slug issue. Never treat an alias entry as a rejected slug or apply either fallback to it.
Read references/reviewer-prompt.md and fill in the template with:
- The stated intent
- The diff or file contents
- The review rubric from
references/rubric.md - The code-quality lens from
references/code-quality-review.md
The same filled template goes to all reviewers, so every model applies the code-quality lens.
Step 4, Synthesize
Section titled “Step 4, Synthesize”As results come back, build a unified picture:
- Parse all findings from the reviewers
- Identify consensus. Findings raised by 2+ models independently are highest signal.
- Identify lone-model findings. Still worth reading, but weight accordingly.
- Deduplicate. Different models may describe the same issue differently. Merge these and note which models raised it.
- Note disagreements. If one model flags something and another explicitly says the opposite, that’s useful context for the verdict.
Step 5, Lead Judgment
Section titled “Step 5, Lead Judgment”You are the lead reviewer, a pragmatic senior engineer, not a neutral aggregator.
Read references/lead-judgment.md for the full framework.
Categorize every finding using these buckets:
- Act on. Real issues affecting correctness, security, or maintainability given the actual goals. These would block a real PR.
- Consider. Legitimate points, but you’re not sure they outweigh the cost of addressing them right now. Worth the user’s attention.
- Noted. Technically valid but not actionable. Context-dependent, premature optimization, or low-impact given the current stage.
- Dismissed. Wrong, nitpicky, or missing context. Brief explanation why.
For each finding, include:
- Which model(s) raised it
- The category (act on / consider / noted / dismissed)
- A one-line rationale for the categorization
Output Format
Section titled “Output Format”Present the verdict in this structure:
Intent
Section titled “Intent”[The stated intent paragraph from Step 2]
Reviewers
Section titled “Reviewers”- Reviewer [label]: [model name], [N findings] (one bullet per reviewer)
Act On
Section titled “Act On”[Findings that should be addressed. For each: description, which models raised it, why it matters.]
Consider
Section titled “Consider”[Findings worth thinking about. For each: description, which models raised it, tradeoff involved.]
[Valid but low-priority. Brief list.]
Dismissed
Section titled “Dismissed”[Rejected findings with brief rationale.]
Agreement Map
Section titled “Agreement Map”[Where did models agree, where did they diverge, and what does the pattern of agreement/disagreement tell us?]
Other pages in this directory
Section titled “Other pages in this directory”This is an unofficial Chinese learning site for pstack. It is not affiliated with poteto. Translations follow the pstack/ directory in the cursor/plugins repository. This site does not ship a Chinese plugin. github.com/cursor/plugins