---
name: config-audit:interview
description: Phase 3 - Interactive interview to gather user preferences
allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, AskUserQuestion, Bash
model: sonnet
---

# Config-Audit: Interview (Phase 3)

Gather user preferences to inform the action plan.

## IMPORTANT: Inline Execution Only

This command runs AskUserQuestion **directly in the main context** — NOT via a Task subagent.
AskUserQuestion requires synchronous terminal interaction and does not work when delegated to a Task subagent.

## Prerequisites

- Must have completed Phase 2 (analysis)
- Use the Read tool on the analysis at `~/.claude/config-audit/sessions/{session-id}/analysis-report.md`

## Arguments

- `$ARGUMENTS` may contain `--raw` — pass-through accepted for CLI surface consistency. Interview is interactive prose only (no scanner output, no findings prose), so `--raw` is a no-op here.

## Implementation Steps

0. **Parse flags**:

   ```bash
   RAW_FLAG=""
   if echo "$ARGUMENTS" | grep -q -- "--raw"; then RAW_FLAG="--raw"; fi
   ```

1. **Load session state**: Verify analysis phase completed, read analysis report for context
2. **Conduct interview inline**: Use AskUserQuestion tool directly (NOT via Task). Adapt questions based on analysis findings.
3. **Save interview results**: Write to `~/.claude/config-audit/sessions/{session-id}/interview.md`
4. **Update state** (see state-management rule)
5. **Output summary**

## Interview Questions

Ask these using AskUserQuestion (skip questions that don't apply based on analysis). Where the analysis report references finding IDs, use the humanized title from the report rather than re-deriving prose:

1. **Config Style** — Centralized vs Distributed vs Hybrid organization
2. **Unused automation that runs at specific events** — Wire up, review individually, delete, or leave (only if the analysis report flagged one)
3. **Duplicate Permissions** — Remove from local, consolidate, or keep (only if found)
4. **Modular Rules** — Use .claude/rules/ pattern? Yes/No
5. **Path-Scoped Rules** — Which patterns (tests, src, config, docs) — only if Q4=Yes
6. **Conflict Resolution** — Per-conflict: global vs project vs custom value (only if conflicts found)
7. **Permission Audit** — Audit or keep (only if >30 patterns in settings.local.json)
8. **Project Inheritance** — Per-project: inherit or isolate (only if multiple projects)

## Adaptive Questioning

Skip questions that don't apply:
- No unused hooks question if all hooks are wired
- No duplicates question if no duplicates found
- No conflict questions if no conflicts detected
- No path-scoping if user said no to modular rules
- Fewer project questions if only one project
- No permission audit if <30 patterns

## Skip Interview Option

If user runs `/config-audit plan` without interview:
- Use sensible defaults (centralized, inherit, enable rules)
- Flag decisions in plan as "assumed"

## Error Handling

- If user selects "Other" for any question, ask follow-up with AskUserQuestion
- If interview is cancelled, save partial results
- If no analysis report found, report error and exit
- If AskUserQuestion fails, STOP — do not use alternative methods