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@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ Keep going not until it feels like you understand each other, but until the deci
 
 Ask one question at a time, in plain text, and wait for the answer before the next.
 Never use an interactive question tool.
+While the interview is active, every assistant turn must end with exactly one of: the next numbered question, the final decision summary, or a plain statement that grill is paused because the user explicitly changed tasks.
+If the turn includes a correction, file edit, apology, or explanation, follow it with the next numbered question unless the user explicitly paused grill or changed tasks.
+Do not use dangling transition phrases such as “continuing” unless the continuation is actually present in the same message.
 Every question carries **options** — the concrete choices, each with its trade-offs — followed by your **recommendation**, the option you would pick and why.
 When the question turns on an existing document, artifact, or piece of code, open it with a **context quote**: blockquote the exact passage, so the user sees what you mean without hunting for it.