planning-and-task-breakdown
Breaks work into ordered tasks. Use when you have a spec or clear requirements and need to break work into implementable tasks. Use when a task feels too large to start, when you need to estimate scope, or when parallel work is possible.
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An agent skill that guides an AI coding agent through decomposing a spec into small, ordered, verifiable tasks with explicit acceptance criteria. It defines a five-step planning process (plan mode, dependency graph, vertical slicing, task writing, ordering with checkpoints), task sizing guidance, and output conventions like a `tasks/plan.md` plan document.
Reach for it when a spec or task feels too large or vague to start and you need an implementable, possibly parallelizable task list before any code is written.
Use it to
- Break a spec into implementable tasks
- Map dependencies before starting work
- Slice work vertically for parallel agents
- Estimate scope via task sizing
- Write a plan document with checkpoints
For Developers using AI coding agents on spec-driven work
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