User Story Writer Skill

This skill produces production-ready user stories from a feature brief, PRD section, or verbal description. Each story follows the standard format with a clear who/what/why, behavioural acceptance criteria in Given/When/Then format, edge cases, and definition of done. Output is ready to paste into Jira, Linear, or your planning tool.

Required Inputs

Ask the user for these if not provided:

• Feature or change to break into stories — paste the brief, PRD section, or describe the feature
• User types / personas involved (e.g. admin, end user, guest, API consumer)
• Scope — are we writing one story or decomposing an epic into a full set of stories?
• Acceptance criteria format preference — Given/When/Then, bullet checklist, or both?
• Technical constraints or notes — anything the engineering team has flagged that should shape the stories

Output Structure

For each story: