planning-and-task-breakdown

What problem does it solve? Large or vague work items cause AI agents and developers to produce tangled, incomplete implementations. This Skill turns a spec or set of requirements into a written plan of small, verifiable tasks with explicit acceptance criteria, dependencies, and checkpoints. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Dependency Mapping: Identifies what depends on what and orders implementation bottom-up so foundations are built first. - Vertical Slicing: Structures tasks as complete feature slices (schema + API + UI) rather than horizontal layers, so every task delivers working functionality. - Task Templates & Sizing: Provides a task format with acceptance criteria, verification steps, and file estimates, plus sizing rules (XS through XL) that force oversized tasks to be split. - Use Case: You have a spec for a new task-management feature. Use this Skill to produce a phased plan document with ordered tasks, checkpoints after every 2-3 tasks, and a risk register before any code is written. ## Quick Start Ask the agent to read the feature spec and produce an implementation plan broken into small tasks with acceptance criteria, dependencies, and verification checkpoints.