Planning Stories

Break down user stories into independently testable tasks. Each task is a small, verifiable unit of work that, when completed, contributes to the overall story completion.

⚠️ Two Modes — Read This First

This skill operates in two modes. Know which one you are in before doing anything.

1. Default — Story Planning (what normally happens)

Produces a STORY.<name>.md planning file (and, optionally, a STORY.<name>.TECH-SPEC.md). This is the planning artifact a human reads. It is not executed autonomously. This is the mode used whenever the user asks to plan, break down, or decompose a story.

2. Explicit Only — Ralph Task Generation

Produces Ralph-loop files (<task-name>.TASK.md + <task-name>.progress.txt) that the ralph.sh script runs autonomously, one story per iteration.

CRITICAL RULE