Automated summary
Creates and maintains Epics — Markdown folders that bundle the issues belonging to a major feature area, along with a sprint progress log and a folder of reference documents.
Strengths
- Enforced directory layout (epic.md, progress.md, references/) that keeps epics consistent across a project
- Clear separation between the overview (epic.md), the sprint log (progress.md), and design/reference material
- A 'Related Issues' status table that tracks completion issue by issue
- Includes a git commit step right after the epic is created
Limitations
- No tooling or automation: everything depends on manually editing the Markdown files
- No integration with a real tracker (GitHub Issues, Jira), so tracking data risks being duplicated
- Assumes a parallel specs/issues/ convention that this skill never defines, and the progress log drifts quickly if not maintained
Use it when kicking off a large feature area or project that needs related issues grouped under a theme together with their design references.
Avoid it for one-off changes or when the team already tracks work in GitHub Issues or Jira, since mirroring that in Markdown creates two diverging sources of truth.
Security analysis
SafeThe skill only provides benign project-management file structures plus scoped mkdir, git add, and git commit examples. It contains no destructive commands, secret handling, network calls, obfuscation, or safety-disabling instructions.
No concerns found
How this analysis is madeExamples
Create a new epic called 'cli' for the command-line interface work, and add our design document as a reference.Start an epic for the website revamp project and list the first three issue tasks as pending in the Related Issues table.Update progress.md for the cli epic with today's session, and mark task02-cli-parsing as completed in epic.md.name: epic description: Create and manage Epics - collections of related issues for major feature areas. Use when starting a new project(big feature), organizing work into themes, or adding reference documents.
Epic - Epic Manager
Create and manage Epics for organizing related issues.
Directory Structure
project/
└── specs/
├── epics/
│ ├── cli/
│ │ ├── epic.md # Epic overview and issue references
│ │ ├── progress.md # Sprint progress tracking
│ │ └── references/ # Reference documents
│ │ └── Design.md
│ └── website/
│ ├── epic.md
│ ├── progress.md
│ └── references/
└── issues/
└── ...
What is an Epic?
An Epic is a collection of related issues grouped by major feature area or project.
Components:
epic.md- Overview, goals, and issue referencesprogress.md- Sprint progress tracking logreferences/- Design docs, specs, requirements
When to Use
- User says "create epic", "new epic", "start project"
- Starting a new major feature area
- Organizing related issues under a theme
- Adding reference documents to an epic
Creating an Epic
Step 1: Create Epic Structure
mkdir -p specs/epics/epic-name/references
Step 2: Create epic.md
# [Epic Title]
Brief description of what this epic encompasses.
## Overview
High-level goals and scope of this epic.
## Key Features
1. Feature area 1
2. Feature area 2
3. Feature area 3
## Related Issues
| Issue | Title | Status |
|-------|-------|--------|
| task01-xxx | Description | pending |
| task02-xxx | Description | pending |
## Progress
See [progress.md](progress.md) for sprint tracking.
## References
- [Design.md](references/Design.md) - Main design specification
Step 3: Create progress.md
# [Epic Name] Progress
## Current Status
Brief status description.
## In Progress
- [ ] issue-id - Description
## Completed Sprints
### [Sprint Name]
- [x] issue-id - Description
#### [YYYY-MM-DD] Session #N
- Working on: issue-id
- Completed: F001, F002
- Notes:
- What was done
- Decisions made
Step 4: Add Reference Documents
Copy or create reference documents in specs/epics/epic-name/references/:
- Design specifications
- Architecture diagrams
- API documentation
- Requirements documents
Step 5: Git Commit
git add specs/epics/epic-name/
git commit -m "feat: create epic-name epic"
Updating an Epic
Adding Issues to Epic
Update the "Related Issues" table in epic.md:
| Issue | Title | Status |
|-------|-------|--------|
| task01-xxx | Description | completed |
| task02-xxx | Description | in-progress |
| task03-xxx | New issue | pending |
Updating Progress
Add session entries to progress.md:
#### [YYYY-MM-DD] Session #N
- Working on: issue-id
- Completed: F001, F002, F003
- Commits: abc123
- Notes:
- Brief description of work done
Adding References
Copy new reference documents to references/ and update epic.md:
## References
- [Design.md](references/Design.md) - Main design specification
- [API.md](references/API.md) - API documentation
Rules
- Each Epic MUST have
epic.mdandprogress.md - Update issue status in
epic.mdwhen issues complete - Log all sessions in
progress.md - Keep references organized and up-to-date
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