Specifying and Planning

Multi-mode skill for the full project planning pipeline:

spec -> requirements -> tasks -> issues -> team

Modes

spec-to-requirements

Trigger: "extract requirements", "analyze spec", references to spec.md

Analyze a spec file and produce structured requirements.md:

• Functional Requirements: Features, user interactions, data, integrations
• Non-Functional Requirements: Performance, security, usability, reliability
• Requirement Dependencies: Prerequisites, interdependencies, optional links

Each requirement gets clear acceptance criteria.

requirements-to-tasks

Trigger: "break into tasks", "create task breakdown", references to requirements.md

Convert requirements into implementable tasks.md:

• Task description -- specific functionality to implement
• Acceptance criteria -- how to verify completion
• Implementation approach -- TDD, refactoring, new feature
• Required components -- files, modules, systems needing changes
• Test requirements -- what tests to write/update
• Dependencies -- prerequisite tasks, interdependent tasks

Focus on functional decomposition. No timeline or phases -- clean technical breakdown.

tasks-to-issues

Trigger: "create issues", "convert tasks to issues", references to tasks.md

Create GitHub issues from task breakdown:

gh issue create --title "Clear title" --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
## Description
Task description

## Acceptance Criteria
- [ ] Criterion 1
- [ ] Criterion 2

## Implementation Approach
Technical strategy

## Dependencies
- Requires #<issue>
EOF
)"

Apply labels: component (frontend, backend), type (feature, refactor), complexity (small, medium, large).

setup-github-project

Trigger: "set up project", "create project board", references to issues.md

Create complete GitHub project infrastructure:

1. Parse issues file for labels, milestones, relationships
2. Create labels with smart color coding
3. Set up milestones with due dates
4. Create project board with custom fields
5. Generate all issues with proper labels and milestones
6. Link issue dependencies

tasks-to-team

Trigger: "generate team plan", "create agent team", "parallelize work"

Design agent team configuration from tasks:

1. Read tasks for dependencies and scope
2. Identify parallel work groups (no cross-dependencies)
3. Design teammate roles with distinct file ownership
4. Define coordination strategy and phase gates
5. Write docs/team.md with kickoff prompt

Target 3-5 teammates, 5-6 tasks per teammate. Prefer fewer focused teammates over many scattered ones.

General Principles

• No artificial timelines or phases (except team coordination)
• Focus on deliverables and dependencies
• Each requirement/task/issue should be independently verifiable
• Use TDD approach in task descriptions
• Cache project information in CLAUDE.md