estimate-stories

What problem does it solve?

Inconsistent and subjective story point estimations lead to unpredictable sprint planning and inaccurate velocity tracking. This Skill provides a structured, evidence-based approach to sizing user stories, bringing consistency and clarity to your agile process.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Formula-Based Estimation: Calculates story points using a consistent formula: (Complexity × Effort) + Risk, ensuring objective and repeatable sizing.
• Detailed Rationale: Provides a comprehensive breakdown of complexity, effort, and risk scores, along with a confidence level for each estimate.
• Split Recommendations: Automatically suggests splitting stories that exceed a predefined size threshold (e.g., >13 points) into smaller, more manageable units.
• Use Case: During backlog grooming, use this Skill to systematically estimate a new user story like "User Signup with Email/Password". It will analyze acceptance criteria, assign scores for complexity, effort, and risk, and then calculate and document the story points, ensuring a consistent approach across your team.

Quick Start

Use the estimate-stories skill to calculate story points for 'story-auth-001' located at '.claude/stories/story-auth-001.md'. @alex *estimate-stories story-auth-001 --story_file .claude/stories/story-auth-001.md