/story-decomposition

name: story-decomposition
description: Break technical specifications into small, implementable stories with dependency ordering
allowed-tools: [Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Grep, Glob]
graph:
  domains: [domain:software-engineering]
  skillAreas: [skill-area:agentic-loops, skill-area:orchestration-loop]
  workflows: [workflow:feature-development]
  topics: [topic:developer-experience]
  roles: [role:tech-lead, role:backend-engineer]

Story Decomposition

Capabilities

Breaks technical specifications into small, independently implementable stories. Establishes dependency ordering, estimates effort, and creates a dispatching queue for parallel coder execution.

Tool Use Instructions

• Use **Read** to examine the technical specification and existing code
• Use **Grep/Glob** to find existing modules and interfaces that stories will touch
• Use **Write** to generate story definitions
• Use **Edit** to refine stories based on feedback

Process Integration

• Used in `maestro-orchestrator.js` Phase 3 (Story Decomposition)
• Used in `maestro-development.js` (Story Prioritization)
• Maps to tasks: `maestro-architect-story-decomp`, `maestro-dev-prioritize`
• Agent: Architect
• Each story should be completable by a single coder in one batch
• Outputs feed into parallel coder dispatch