Make LongTable interview pressure-first

README.md

@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ Required routing:
 - `$longtable-interview` is the grilling interview surface.
 - It does not require a Research Specification before asking the next pressure
   question.
-- It asks one question at a time, states the tension, gives a recommended
-  answer, and asks the researcher to accept, revise, or reject it.
+- It asks one pressure question at a time, shows the tension, and avoids option
+  menus or approval prompts.
 - If only a First Research Shape exists, LongTable continues through
   `$longtable-start` until a Research Specification is created or explicitly
   kept open.
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ decisions, open questions, next actions, and confidence.
 argument, method, manuscript, evidence standard, or product decision. It inspects
 `CURRENT.md`, `.longtable/`, supplied documents, and cited evidence first when
 those can answer the question. Then it asks one high-leverage question using
-this frame: tension, recommended answer, and a request to accept, revise, or
-reject that recommendation.
+this frame: `Tension:` plus `Pressure question:`. It does not ask the
+researcher to pick from options.
 
 The interview continues only while the next question can produce a new decision,
 sharper boundary, stronger evidence standard, or clearer open tension. It stops

docs/LONGTABLE-COMMAND-SURFACE.md

@@ -52,9 +52,8 @@ LongTable grilling interview:
 - reads `CURRENT.md`, `.longtable/`, supplied documents, and cited evidence
   before asking when those sources can answer
 - asks one relentless sharpening question at a time
-- states the tension
-- gives the recommended answer
-- asks the researcher to accept, revise, or reject the recommendation
+- uses a `Tension:` plus `Pressure question:` frame
+- avoids option menus, numbered choices, and approval prompts
 - continues only while the next question can produce a new decision, sharper
   boundary, stronger evidence standard, or clearer open tension
 - stops when remaining questions repeat the same tension without producing a

docs/QUESTION-RUNTIME.md

@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ questions and creates or updates the Research Specification.
 
 `$longtable-interview` is a grilling interview surface. It can use the Research
 Specification when one exists, but it does not require one before asking a
-pressure question. It asks one question at a time, states the tension, gives the
-recommended answer, and asks the researcher to accept, revise, or reject it.
+pressure question. It asks one question at a time using `Tension:` and
+`Pressure question:`, without option menus or approval prompts.
 
 If the researcher explicitly wants a first research-start interview, use
 `$longtable-start`. Otherwise, `$longtable-interview` stays in the grilling

docs/release-notes-0.1.70.md

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# LongTable 0.1.70
+
+LongTable 0.1.70 makes `$longtable-interview` pressure-first instead of
+approval-first. The generated Codex and Claude skills now ask one direct
+research pressure question at a time, without returning to the older
+recommended-answer and accept/revise/reject flow.
+
+## Changes
+
+- Replaces the `$longtable-interview` recommended-answer frame with a
+  `Tension:` plus `Pressure question:` frame.
+- Forbids option menus, numbered choices, and approval prompts inside the
+  grilling interview loop.
+- Delays LongTable MCP/state writes until after the researcher answers or
+  explicitly asks to record a decision.
+- Extends the grilling-interview smoke test so generated skills fail if they
+  reintroduce recommended-answer or accept/revise/reject language.
+
+## Migration
+
+Use `$longtable-interview` when the researcher wants a direct pressure
+interview over a plan, claim, method, evidence standard, manuscript, or
+LongTable product decision. Use `$longtable-start` or normal Researcher
+Checkpoints when structured choices are the desired surface.
+
+## Verification
+
+- `npm run build`
+- `npm run smoke:grilling-interview`
+- `npm run release:check`

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "longtable-monorepo",
-  "version": "0.1.69",
+  "version": "0.1.70",
   "private": true,
   "description": "Monorepo for the LongTable product surface and provider-neutral runtime packages",
   "workspaces": [

packages/longtable-checkpoints/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@longtable/checkpoints",
-  "version": "0.1.69",
+  "version": "0.1.70",
   "private": false,
   "description": "Checkpoint policy engine for LongTable",
   "type": "module",
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "typecheck": "tsc -p tsconfig.json --noEmit"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@longtable/core": "0.1.69"
+    "@longtable/core": "0.1.70"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "typescript": "^5.6.0"

packages/longtable-core/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@longtable/core",
-  "version": "0.1.69",
+  "version": "0.1.70",
   "private": false,
   "description": "Provider-neutral domain models and contracts for LongTable",
   "type": "module",

packages/longtable-mcp/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@longtable/mcp",
-  "version": "0.1.69",
+  "version": "0.1.70",
   "private": false,
   "description": "LongTable MCP transport for workspace state and Researcher Checkpoints",
   "type": "module",
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@
     "self-test": "node ./dist/server.js --self-test"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@longtable/checkpoints": "0.1.69",
-    "@longtable/cli": "0.1.69",
-    "@longtable/core": "0.1.69",
-    "@longtable/provider-claude": "0.1.69",
-    "@longtable/provider-codex": "0.1.69",
-    "@longtable/setup": "0.1.69",
+    "@longtable/checkpoints": "0.1.70",
+    "@longtable/cli": "0.1.70",
+    "@longtable/core": "0.1.70",
+    "@longtable/provider-claude": "0.1.70",
+    "@longtable/provider-codex": "0.1.70",
+    "@longtable/setup": "0.1.70",
     "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.29.0",
     "zod": "^4.0.0"
   },

packages/longtable-memory/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@longtable/memory",
-  "version": "0.1.69",
+  "version": "0.1.70",
   "private": false,
   "description": "Memory contracts for LongTable explicit state, inferred hypotheses, and open tensions",
   "type": "module",
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "typecheck": "tsc -p tsconfig.json --noEmit"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@longtable/core": "0.1.69"
+    "@longtable/core": "0.1.70"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "typescript": "^5.6.0"

packages/longtable-provider-claude/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@longtable/provider-claude",
-  "version": "0.1.69",
+  "version": "0.1.70",
   "private": false,
   "description": "Claude adapter surface for LongTable",
   "type": "module",
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
     "typecheck": "tsc -p tsconfig.json --noEmit"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@longtable/checkpoints": "0.1.69",
-    "@longtable/core": "0.1.69",
-    "@longtable/setup": "0.1.69"
+    "@longtable/checkpoints": "0.1.70",
+    "@longtable/core": "0.1.70",
+    "@longtable/setup": "0.1.70"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "typescript": "^5.6.0"