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Break epics into parallelizable tasks with acceptance criteria, effort estimates, and dependency graphs.

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$ npx -y skills add a5c-ai/babysitter --skill task-decomposition --agent claude-code

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  • Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.Auto-invocation is when the right skill fires by itself at the right moment, driven by a FLOW.md router and a hook, instead of you invoking it by name. It is the difference between a skill being installed and a skill actually getting used.Read the full definition →
  • You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
  • Slash command/task-decomposition

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The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this skill.

Break epics into parallelizable tasks with acceptance criteria, effort estimates, and dependency graphs.

SKILL.md

task-decomposition.SKILL.md
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]

Task Decomposition

Break epics into parallelizable tasks with acceptance criteria, effort estimates, and dependency graphs.

Agent

Task Analyst - `task-analyst`

Workflow

1. Analyze epic and identify 4-5 parallel work streams 2. Decompose each stream into concrete tasks (parallel) 3. Set acceptance criteria in Given/When/Then format 4. Estimate effort (S/M/L/XL) and set parallelization flags 5. Build cross-stream dependency graph 6. Validate coverage against PRD user stories 7. Fill gaps with additional tasks if needed 8. Write task files to .claude/epics/<featureName>/<N>.md

Inputs

  • `projectName` - Project name
  • `featureName` - Feature identifier
  • `epic` - Epic from Phase 2
  • `prd` - PRD from Phase 1
  • `parallelAgents` - Max parallel agents (default: 5)

Outputs

  • Task list with acceptance criteria and effort estimates
  • Work stream definitions
  • Dependency graph with execution waves
  • Coverage report with PRD traceability

Process Files

  • `ccpm-task-decomposition.js` - Standalone decomposition
  • `ccpm-orchestrator.js` - Phase 3 of full lifecycle
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