PRD to Issues

Break a PRD into independently-grabbable GitHub issues using vertical slices (tracer bullets).

Invocation Position

This is a primary pipeline skill that normally follows /write-a-prd and precedes /execute.

Use /prd-to-issues when a PRD is already shaped and you need implementation-ready slices with clear contracts between them.

Do not use it as a substitute for shaping. If the PRD is still changing at the level of solution direction, rabbit holes, or appetite, go back to /write-a-prd first.

Process

1. Locate the PRD

Ask the user for the PRD: a GitHub issue number (or URL), or a W-<n> sidecar work item id.

Ask where slices live first. backend slices answers it, per references/state-backend.md. The answer holds for §§1, 7, 8, and 9: