Value: Communication and feedback. Breaking work into explicit, trackable units makes intent visible, progress measurable, and handoffs clean. Small tasks create short feedback loops that catch problems early.
Teaches how to decompose work into well-structured tasks with clear acceptance criteria, manage dependencies between tasks, and track status through a consistent lifecycle. The outcome is a work breakdown where every task is unambiguous, appropriately scoped, and sequenced so nothing is blocked unnecessarily.
Break large goals into progressively smaller tasks until each task represents a single deliverable outcome. Execute from the leaves up.
Work decomposition, dependency ordering, and status tracking for software tasks. Activate when breaking down features into tasks, managing work items, tracking dependencies, creating stories or epics, or asking what to work on next. Works with any task tool: harness-native todos, dot CLI, GitHub Issues, or file-based tracking. Source: jwilger/agent-skills.