Feature Planner

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Turn a vague feature request into a concrete plan with scope, constraints, acceptance criteria, and risks.

Sby Skills Guide Bot
DevelopmentIntermediate
7/23/2026
Claude Code
#feature-planning#requirements#acceptance-criteria#risk-analysis

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Automated summary

Turns a vague feature request into a structured implementation plan with goals, constraints, and acceptance criteria.

Strengths

  • Clarifies scope and non-goals to prevent scope creep
  • Identifies risks and technical dependencies early
  • Produces testable acceptance criteria
  • Documents open questions for design iteration

Limitations

  • Relies on the quality of the initial request
  • May be overly formal for trivial changes
  • Does not replace a full impact analysis
When to use it

Use this skill before implementing a complex or ambiguous feature to align the team on a shared vision.

When not to use it

Avoid this skill for simple bugs or maintenance tasks that don't require upfront planning.

Security analysis

Safe
Quality score90/100

The skill is purely declarative, guiding the AI to produce a textual plan without any tool execution, file access, or network activity. No security risks are present.

No concerns found

How this analysis is made

Examples

Plan a new authentication feature
Plan the implementation for adding OAuth2 login to our web app. The feature should support Google and GitHub as providers, and store tokens securely. Existing users can still use email/password.
Scope a dark mode toggle
I want to add a dark mode toggle to the settings page. It should apply system-wide and respect the OS preference by default. Create an implementation plan.
Outline a notification system
Plan a feature: users receive email notifications for new messages. Notifications can be paused per conversation. We use SendGrid. Generate the plan with goals, non-goals, and risks.

name: feature-planner description: Turn a feature request into an implementation-ready plan with scope, constraints, acceptance criteria, and risks.

Goal

Convert an ambiguous feature idea into a concrete plan before implementation.

Workflow

  1. Restate the target outcome in one paragraph.
  2. Separate goals from non-goals.
  3. Identify affected user flows, entry points, and likely files.
  4. List constraints, dependencies, and migration concerns.
  5. Produce acceptance criteria.
  6. Leave unresolved questions as explicit open items.

Output format

Outcome

Goals

Non-goals

Affected areas

Constraints and risks

Acceptance criteria

Open questions

From the file to a first result

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View the source and supporting files

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1. Download the file

Download SKILL.md

From the root of a test project, save the file as .skill-downloads/feature-planner-mrwakft2/SKILL.md, or use the command below. This folder is for inspecting the skill before installation.

Command for macOS/Linux or WSL: requires a POSIX shell and curl. On Windows without WSL, use the download button and create the folder manually.

mkdir -p '.skill-downloads/feature-planner-mrwakft2' && curl --fail --show-error --location 'https://skills-guides.com/api/skills/feature-planner-mrwakft2/download' --output '.skill-downloads/feature-planner-mrwakft2/SKILL.md.part' && mv '.skill-downloads/feature-planner-mrwakft2/SKILL.md.part' '.skill-downloads/feature-planner-mrwakft2/SKILL.md'

2. Check prerequisites

Read SKILL.md before using it. If it references scripts or external services, inspect them and prepare the required access in your test environment.

No recognized prerequisites section in this file. This does not mean it is self-contained: libraries, tools and access requirements may be mentioned elsewhere in the content or source repository.

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3. Load the skill

After inspection, copy the complete folder into your project using one of the commands below, then open a new tool session. The command stops if a folder with the same name already exists: compare the files before replacing it.

Claude Code
test -f '.skill-downloads/feature-planner-mrwakft2/SKILL.md' && test -s '.skill-downloads/feature-planner-mrwakft2/SKILL.md' && mkdir -p '.claude/skills' && test ! -e '.claude/skills/feature-planner' && cp -R '.skill-downloads/feature-planner-mrwakft2' '.claude/skills/feature-planner'

OpenSkills

OpenSkills must already be installed. The local install/read procedure is checked with OpenSkills 1.5.0, which requires Node.js ≥ 20.6.0. Catalog slugs are not resolved automatically.

Official OpenSkills installation
openskills install './.skill-downloads/feature-planner-mrwakft2'

openskills read 'feature-planner-mrwakft2'

Reading should display the installed file content and its base directory. It does not run the skill or install its dependencies.

For an agent that reads AGENTS.md, then sync the index. This command changes AGENTS.md: review the diff before using it.

openskills sync

Manual method or another tool: attach SKILL.md to a conversation, or open it in an agent that can read files. Include any required supporting resources. No universal folder is recognized by every tool.

4. Try a first task

Use a short, synthetic input: an API endpoint, a small document or an interface brief. In a new conversation, attach the file or give the agent its path, then adapt this request:

Read .skill-downloads/feature-planner-mrwakft2/SKILL.md and apply its instructions to this example: [describe a test input]. Identify any missing files, dependencies or access. Produce the result requested by the skill without inventing data or running unreviewed scripts.

Expected result: output matching the skill instructions, or a precise list of missing prerequisites. A read confirmation alone does not validate a first use. If an external resource is unavailable, that path remains untested.

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