progressive-estimation

progressive-estimation is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from beel-collab/presets.dev. It costs 20 tokens per session (724 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of progressive-estimation, MIT.

A method for estimating software work involving people and AI agents using three-point estimates and confidence ranges.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it for sprint planning, backlog sizing, staffing, capacity planning, and forecasting release dates for human-only, mixed, or agent-led teams.
Why use it?
It replaces rough guesses with estimates that account for task size, complexity, risk, and the team's way of working.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one. Also seen: mentions Claude Code.

Good fit Use it for sprint planning, backlog sizing, staffing, capacity planning, and forecasting release dates for human-only, mixed, or agent-led teams.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/beel-collab/presets.dev/progressive-estimation
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add beel-collab/presets.dev --skill progressive-estimation
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/beel-collab/presets.dev

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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When invoked 724 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin 89% copy Near-identical to another mod in the catalogue.
Token cost

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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00020 $0.00724
Opus 5 $0.00010 $0.00362
Sonnet 5 $0.00004 $0.00145
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00072

Measured 4d ago against content hash 41cb640463f2, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-08, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

progressive-estimation 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 4d ago.

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Nothing flagged

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Origin

This is a copy

89% identical to progressive-estimation — 22 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

claude/skills/project-management/progressive-estimation/SKILL.md · 81 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 81 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Progressive Estimation

Estimate AI-assisted and hybrid human+agent development work using research-backed formulas with PERT statistics, confidence bands, and calibration feedback loops.

Overview

Progressive Estimation adapts to your team's working mode — human-only, hybrid, or agent-first — applying the right velocity model and multipliers for each. It produces statistical estimates rather than gut feelings.

When to Use This Skill

  • Estimating development tasks where AI agents handle part of the work
  • Sprint planning with hybrid human+agent teams
  • Batch sizing a backlog (handles 5 or 500 issues)
  • Staffing and capacity planning with agent multipliers
  • Release date forecasting with confidence intervals

How It Works

  1. Mode Detection — Determines if the team works human-only, hybrid, or agent-first
  2. Task Classification — Categorizes by size (XS–XL), complexity, and risk
  3. Formula Application — Applies research-backed multipliers grounded in empirical studies
  4. PERT Calculation — Produces expected values using three-point estimation
  5. Confidence Bands — Generates P50, P75, P90 intervals
  6. Output Formatting — Formats for Linear, JIRA, ClickUp, GitHub Issues, Monday, or GitLab
  7. Calibration — Feeds back actuals to improve future estimates

Examples

Single task:

"Estimate building a REST API with authentication using Claude Code"

Batch mode:

"Estimate these 12 JIRA tickets for our next sprint"

With context:

"We have 3 developers using AI agents for ~60% of implementation. Estimate this feature."

Best Practices

  • Start with a single task to calibrate before moving to batch mode
  • Feed back actual completion times to improve the calibration system
  • Use "instant mode" for quick T-shirt sizing without full PERT analysis
  • Be explicit about team composition and agent usage percentage

Common Pitfalls

  • Problem: Overconfident estimates Solution: Use P75 or P90 for commitments, not P50

Read the full file on GitHub · 81 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

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  1. 4d ago First seen · 81 lines · 20 tokens per session scan A 41cb640463f2

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progressive-estimation is a skill published in the GitHub repository beel-collab/presets.dev (2 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 20 tokens to every session and 724 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 89% identical to progressive-estimation, differing in 22 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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