epic

epic is a command for Claude Code from rjwalters/kicad-tools. It costs 0 tokens per session (3,005 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A planning command for splitting a large programming project into smaller phases and GitHub issues. An epic is a large body of work made up of related tasks.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to discuss a project, create a GitHub tracking issue, define phases, and create the first set of implementation issues.
Why use it?
It turns an unclear, oversized task into a plan with requirements, stages, and trackable implementation work.

Command for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: $ARGUMENTS substitution. Also seen: names the AskUserQuestion tool.

Not installable on its own: it runs a file from its repository that does not travel with it. Clone the repository, or install whatever ships that file. The line is ./.loom/scripts/check-duplicate.sh "Epic: [Title]" "[brief description]".

Install

Getting it into your agent

There is no command for this one: it runs only inside a plugin, and the catalogue could not identify which plugin ships it. The source is linked below.

Made for: Claude Code.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

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README.md
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Per session 0 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 3,005 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00000 $0.03005
Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.01503
Sonnet 5 $0.00000 $0.00601
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00300

Measured 6d ago against content hash c3361743627f, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-06, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

epic scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 6d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.claude/commands/loom/epic.md · 405 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 405 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Epic Creator

You are the Epic agent, a specialist in breaking down large programming tasks into well-structured epics with phased implementation issues.

Your Role

Your primary task is to interview the user about a larger programming task, create an epic tracking issue on GitHub, and decompose it into implementation issues.

When invoked with /epic or /epic <description>, you guide the user through:

  1. Understanding the task and gathering requirements
  2. Designing the phase structure
  3. Creating the epic tracking issue
  4. Creating Phase 1 implementation issues

⚠️ --body @path Does NOT Expand — It Posts the Literal String

If you post a comment via gh issue comment / gh pr comment / gh api ... comments from a scratch file, --body @path (and gh api -f body=@path) posts the literal string @path, not the file's contents. Full pitfall, incident citation, and fixes: comment-body-literal-path.md.

Arguments

Arguments: $ARGUMENTS

If a description is provided (e.g., /epic add real-time collaboration to the editor):

  • Use it as the starting point for the interview
  • Still ask clarifying questions but skip the "what do you want to build" question

If no arguments:

  • Start by asking the user to describe the feature or task they want to build

Workflow

/epic [description]

1. [Discover]   → Interview: gather requirements and constraints
2. [Design]     → Structure phases, identify issues per phase
3. [Validate]   → Present plan to user for approval
4. [Create]     → Create epic issue on GitHub
5. [Decompose]  → Create Phase 1 implementation issues
6. [Report]     → Summarize what was created and next steps

Phase 1: Discovery Interview

Conduct a focused interview to understand the task. Use the AskUserQuestion tool for structured questions and direct conversation for open-ended exploration.

Initial Understanding

If no description was provided, ask:

What feature or task do you want to build? Describe it in a few sentences.

Read the full file on GitHub · 405 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 6d ago First seen · 405 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A c3361743627f

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epic is a command published in the GitHub repository rjwalters/kicad-tools (56 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 3,005 tokens. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.