gds-retrospective

Facilitates post-epic retrospectives to extract lessons learned and prepare next epic planning.

Updated May 7, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/jgabriellima/deep-agent-skill --skill gds-retrospective-jgabriellima
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: gds-retrospective
Source: https://github.com/jgabriellima/deep-agent-skill/tree/main/skills/gds-retrospective
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/jgabriellima/deep-agent-skill --skill gds-retrospective-jgabriellima

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? After completing a development epic, teams often skip structured reflection, losing valuable lessons and repeating mistakes. This Skill runs a guided, multi-agent retrospective that analyzes completed stories, reviews prior action items, and produces a documented retrospective with concrete improvement actions. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Epic Discovery & Verification: Automatically detects the completed epic from sprint-status.yaml, verifies story completion, and warns when running a retrospective on an incomplete epic. - Deep Story Analysis: Reads every story file to surface recurring struggles, review feedback patterns, technical debt, and breakthrough moments across the epic. - Continuity Tracking: Cross-references the previous epic's retrospective to check whether committed action items were completed and lessons were applied. - Next Epic Preparation: Previews the upcoming epic, identifies dependencies on completed work, and flags preparation gaps and technical prerequisites. - Use Case: After finishing Epic 3 of a game project, ask the agent to run a retrospective; it facilitates a party-mode team discussion (Product Owner, Senior Dev, QA, Junior Dev), captures lessons, and writes an epic-3-retro document with action items. ## Quick Start Ask the agent to run a retrospective for the epic you just completed, for example: "run a retrospective for epic 3".

Frequently Asked Questions about gds-retrospective

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I run a retrospective for a completed epic?▼

Invoke the skill by saying "run a retrospective" or "let's retro the epic [number]". It detects the completed epic from sprint-status.yaml, confirms with you, then facilitates a guided team discussion and produces a retrospective document.

What inputs does the retrospective workflow need?▼

It reads sprint-status.yaml, the epic files, story implementation records, and optionally the architecture, GDD, narrative, PRD, and the previous epic's retrospective. Config values come from the GDS config.yaml and the agent manifest.

Can I run a retrospective on an incomplete epic?▼

Yes, but the workflow warns you first, listing pending stories and recommending you finish them. If you confirm, it marks the run as a partial retrospective and notes that some lessons may be missed.

Does the retrospective track action items from previous epics?▼

Yes. It loads the previous epic's retrospective and cross-references each committed action item against the current epic's story records, marking them completed, in progress, or not addressed.

What output does the retrospective produce?▼

It generates a retrospective analysis document containing delivery metrics, lessons learned, technical debt items, action items with clear ownership, and a preparation section for the next epic's dependencies and prerequisites.