Decompose

Turn the user's task into explicit steps. This skill plans work; it does not execute the planned steps or grant permission to ship changes.

The commands below reach the helper through ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}, which the plugin sets. When this skill was installed on its own (with npx skills add or npx aunx-decompose install) and that variable is empty, start every command with CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT="<folder holding this SKILL.md>/../..".

There are two forms. A step plan is a short list of steps with kinds, for simple tasks. A unit map is the full method below: the smallest units, typed and tagged, with waves, an advisor gate and a plan table. Use the unit map when the task has several deliverables, many similar items, or work that could run on different models or machines at once.

Create a fresh temporary directory and keep its path for every command: