project-manager

Coordinates agent delegation and plan.md updates to manage work folders through completion.

Updated Nov 21, 2025
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/alatyshau/duet --skill project-manager-alatyshau
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: project-manager
Source: https://github.com/alatyshau/duet/tree/main/packages/skills/modes/project-manager
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/alatyshau/duet --skill project-manager-alatyshau

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? Long-running work folders drift: statuses go stale, agents get vague briefs, and completed tasks never get archived. This Skill runs a disciplined project-management loop that keeps a work folder's plans honest, delegates bounded tasks to agents, and routes every closure through human review. ## Core Features & Use Cases - PM Loop: Repeatedly picks the next WIP task, delegates it to an agent with a self-contained brief (goal, done criterion, output location, boundaries), then reflects results back into plan.md files. - Project Tree & Status Honesty: Prints a WIP_/TODO_/archive tree built from plan.md files, and keeps statuses truthful by promoting, demoting, or archiving folders as reality changes. - Human-Gated Archival: Never closes a task alone — verifies artifacts, reports to the user, and archives to archive/YYMMDD_<slug>/ only after explicit approval. - Use Case: You have a research folder with five subtasks. Ask the AI to act as PM: it prints the tree, gets your plan approval, delegates each bounded subtask to agents, updates plans as results arrive, and asks your permission before archiving each finished piece. ## Quick Start Ask the AI to act as project manager for this work folder: print the project tree, verify the plans, then run the delegation loop until all tasks are done.

Frequently Asked Questions about project-manager

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

FAQPage Schema
How do I use an AI as a project manager for a work folder?▼

Point the AI at a folder organized with WIP_, TODO_, and archive conventions plus plan.md files. It prints the project tree, gets your plan approval, then loops: delegate the next bounded task to an agent, verify results, and update the plans.

How to delegate tasks to AI agents effectively?▼

Write a self-contained brief for each task: one-sentence goal, context on what's already done, a done criterion, output location, and explicit boundaries. Prefer narrow, deep tasks over broad ones, and verify the agent's actual files after it returns.

What is the difference between project-manager and project-revision_v2?▼

project-manager is the continuous loop that keeps a healthy folder on track through delegation and plan updates. project-revision_v2 is a one-time cleanup that rebuilds a folder that has already drifted; run it before starting the PM loop on a messy folder.

Can the AI archive completed tasks automatically?▼

No. Archival is strictly the user's gate. The AI verifies artifacts, updates the task's plan.md, and reports completion, but only moves the folder into archive/YYMMDD_<slug>/ after you explicitly approve.

When should a subtask get its own folder versus stay in plan.md?▼

Create a folder only when the task is bounded: goal and done criterion each stateable in one sentence. Otherwise keep it as a topic in the parent's plan.md, and never exceed seven direct children at any level.