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012-agile-epic

Guides the creation of agile epics with comprehensive definition including business value, success criteria, and breakdown into user stories. Use when the user wants to create an agile epic, define large bodies of work, break down features into user stories, or document strategic initiatives. This should trigger for requests such as Create an agile epic; Write an epic; I need to create an epic; Define an epic; Epic definition. Part of Plinth Toolkit

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Quality

Content

57%

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

A well-structured interactive skill body with clear sequencing and good progressive disclosure to a real reference file, but it includes some redundant concept/trigger explanation and lacks executable template detail and output validation in the body itself.

Suggestions

Remove the 'An epic represents a large body of work...' definition and the duplicate 'When to use this skill' list, since Claude already knows what an epic is and the triggers already live in the frontmatter.

Inline the core question template (or a compact version) and the epic Markdown section skeleton so the body is actionable without requiring the reference for the primary workflow.

Add a validation checkpoint after Step 2 (e.g., confirm all required sections are present and all date placeholders were replaced) before moving to follow-up recommendations.

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Conciseness

Mostly efficient with well-organized sections, but it explains a concept Claude already knows ('An epic represents a large body of work that can be broken down into smaller user stories, features, or tasks') and the 'When to use this skill' list duplicates the frontmatter triggers.

2 / 3

Actionability

Gives some concrete direction ('Run `date`', 'Ask the template questions in strict order'), but the actual question template and the epic Markdown structure are deferred to the reference rather than shown, and the generate step ('Create the epic Markdown with all required sections') is vague.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

Steps 0-3 are clearly sequenced with wait-for-response checkpoints and a step-constraint checklist, but there is no validation or verification of the generated epic and no error-recovery feedback loop, so it stops short of the top anchor.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

The body is a concise overview that signals a single one-level-deep reference ('see [references/012-agile-epic.md]'), and that file exists and holds the detailed template — an appropriately split, easy-to-navigate structure.

3 / 3

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Description

100%

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A strong, third-person description that clearly states capabilities and provides explicit, natural trigger phrases for both paraphrased intents and verbatim user requests. No vague fluff or over-claims.

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Specificity

Names multiple concrete elements of epic definition — 'business value, success criteria, and breakdown into user stories' — beyond a single vague action, matching the 'lists multiple specific concrete actions' anchor.

3 / 3

Completeness

Explicitly answers both what ('Guides the creation of agile epics with comprehensive definition...') and when ('Use when the user wants to create an agile epic... This should trigger for requests such as...'), satisfying the top anchor.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Provides natural trigger phrasings users would say ('Create an agile epic; Write an epic; I need to create an epic; Define an epic; Epic definition') plus paraphrased intents, giving good coverage of common variations.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

'Agile epic' is a clear niche with distinct, domain-specific triggers unlikely to collide with other skills' triggers.

3 / 3

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Validation

100%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation16 / 16 Passed

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