/gsd-milestone-summary
Generate a comprehensive project summary from milestone artifacts for team onboarding and review
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Generate a comprehensive project summary from milestone artifacts for team onboarding and review
SKILL.md
gsd-milestone-summary.SKILL.mdname: gsd-milestone-summary
description: "Generate a comprehensive project summary from milestone artifacts for team onboarding and review"
argument-hint: "[version]"
allowed-tools:
- Read
- Write
- Bash
- Grep
- Glob
<objective> Generate a structured milestone summary for team onboarding and project review. Reads completed milestone artifacts (ROADMAP, REQUIREMENTS, CONTEXT, SUMMARY, VERIFICATION files) and produces a human-friendly overview of what was built, how, and why.
Purpose: Enable new team members to understand a completed project by reading one document and asking follow-up questions. Output: MILESTONE_SUMMARY written to `.planning/reports/`, presented inline, optional interactive Q&A. </objective>
<execution_context> @~/.claude/gsd-core/workflows/milestone-summary.md </execution_context>
<context> **Project files:**
- `.planning/ROADMAP.md`
- `.planning/PROJECT.md`
- `.planning/STATE.md`
- `.planning/RETROSPECTIVE.md`
- `.planning/milestones/v{version}-ROADMAP.md` (if archived)
- `.planning/milestones/v{version}-REQUIREMENTS.md` (if archived)
- `.planning/phases/*-*/` (SUMMARY.md, VERIFICATION.md, CONTEXT.md, RESEARCH.md)
**User input:**
- Version: $ARGUMENTS (optional — defaults to current/latest milestone)
</context>
<process> Execute end-to-end. </process>
<success_criteria>
- Milestone version resolved (from args, STATE.md, or archive scan)
- All available artifacts read (ROADMAP, REQUIREMENTS, CONTEXT, SUMMARY, VERIFICATION, RESEARCH, RETROSPECTIVE)
- Summary document written to `.planning/reports/MILESTONE_SUMMARY-v{version}.md`
- All 7 sections generated (Overview, Architecture, Phases, Decisions, Requirements, Tech Debt, Getting Started)
- Summary presented inline to user
- Interactive Q&A offered
- STATE.md updated
</success_criteria>
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name: gsd-milestone-summary description: "Generate a comprehensive project summary from milestone artifacts for team onboarding and review" argument-hint: "[version]" allowed-tools: - Read - Write - Bash - Grep - Glob
<objective> Generate a structured milestone summary for team onboarding and project review. Reads completed milestone artifacts (ROADMAP, REQUIREMENTS, CONTEXT, SUMMARY, VERIFICATION files) and produces a human-friendly overview of what was built, how, and why.
Purpose: Enable new team members to understand a completed project by reading one document and asking follow-up questions. Output: MILESTONE_SUMMARY written to `.planning/reports/`, presented inline, optional interactive Q&A. </objective>
<execution_context> @~/.claude/gsd-core/workflows/milestone-summary.md </execution_context>
<context> **Project files:**
- `.planning/ROADMAP.md`
- `.planning/PROJECT.md`
- `.planning/STATE.md`
- `.planning/RETROSPECTIVE.md`
- `.planning/milestones/v{version}-ROADMAP.md` (if archived)
- `.planning/milestones/v{version}-REQUIREMENTS.md` (if archived)
- `.planning/phases/*-*/` (SUMMARY.md, VERIFICATION.md, CONTEXT.md, RESEARCH.md)
**User input:**
- Version: $ARGUMENTS (optional — defaults to current/latest milestone)
</context>
<process> Execute end-to-end. </process>
<success_criteria>
- Milestone version resolved (from args, STATE.md, or archive scan)
- All available artifacts read (ROADMAP, REQUIREMENTS, CONTEXT, SUMMARY, VERIFICATION, RESEARCH, RETROSPECTIVE)
- Summary document written to `.planning/reports/MILESTONE_SUMMARY-v{version}.md`
- All 7 sections generated (Overview, Architecture, Phases, Decisions, Requirements, Tech Debt, Getting Started)
- Summary presented inline to user
- Interactive Q&A offered
- STATE.md updated
</success_criteria>
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Repo: open-gsd/gsd-core
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