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/gsd-mvp-phase

Plan a phase as a vertical MVP slice — user story, SPIDR splitting, then plan-phase

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$ npx -y skills add open-gsd/gsd-core --skill gsd-mvp-phase --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/gsd-mvp-phase

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Plan a phase as a vertical MVP slice — user story, SPIDR splitting, then plan-phase

SKILL.md

gsd-mvp-phase.SKILL.md
name: gsd-mvp-phase
description: "Plan a phase as a vertical MVP slice — user story, SPIDR splitting, then plan-phase"
argument-hint: "<phase-number>"
allowed-tools:
  - Read
  - Write
  - Bash
  - Glob
  - Grep
  - Agent
  - AskUserQuestion

<objective> Guide the user through MVP-mode planning for a phase. The command:

1. Prompts for an "As a / I want to / So that" user story (three structured questions) 2. Runs SPIDR splitting check — if the story is too large, walks through Spike/Paths/Interfaces/Data/Rules and offers to split into multiple phases 3. Writes `**Mode:** mvp` and the reformatted `**Goal:**` to the phase's ROADMAP.md section 4. Delegates to `/gsd plan-phase <N>` which auto-detects MVP mode via the roadmap field

Phase 1 of the vertical-mvp-slice PRD shipped the planner-side machinery; this command is the user entry point for it. </objective>

<execution_context> @~/.claude/gsd-core/workflows/mvp-phase.md @~/.claude/gsd-core/references/spidr-splitting.md @~/.claude/gsd-core/references/user-story-template.md </execution_context>

<runtime_note> **Copilot (VS Code):** Use `vscode_askquestions` wherever this workflow calls `AskUserQuestion`. Equivalent API. </runtime_note>

<context> Phase number: $ARGUMENTS (required — integer or decimal like `2.1`)

The phase must already exist in ROADMAP.md (created via `/gsd new-project`, `/gsd add-phase`, or `/gsd insert-phase`). This command does not create new phases — it converts an existing phase to MVP mode. </context>

<process> Execute the mvp-phase workflow from @~/.claude/gsd-core/workflows/mvp-phase.md end-to-end. Preserve all gates: phase existence, status guard (refuse in_progress/completed), user-story format validation, SPIDR splitting check, ROADMAP write confirmation, plan-phase delegation. </process>

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