The first link is to a function prompt() provided in ExtUtils::MakeMaker. Didn't the lower casing of the last element indicate that? Did you look at the doc for EU::MM to find it? I've corrected the URL now, thanks Athanasius.

The second link is to a dzil plugin that allows you to create a custom Makefile script, which would incorporate the prompting for input you wanted. If you're not willing to use it because you "don't know enough about it", then I don't know what can be done other than put in the effort to learn about it. Shrug.

(The same author released Dist::Zilla::Plugin::ModuleBuild::Custom if you use Module::Build, but I am not aware of a built-in way to prompt for user information.)