Use this skill to turn a risky monolithic branch into a safe, auditable set of scoped PRs. Treat topology as a decision, not a default recipe, and collaborate with the user before executing branch surgery.
If signals are incomplete, gather more evidence before recommending topology.
Always provide the top two options with tradeoffs and a recommendation. Use references/topology-patterns.md to select options.
Split oversized or mixed-concern branches into smaller, reviewable PR stacks with safety refs, topology selection, parity audits, and merge sequencing. Use when a PR or branch is too large, difficult to review, mixed across concerns, conflict-prone, or needs to be decomposed without losing net changes. Source: liatrio-labs/ai-prompts.