epic-meta-prompting

Epic Meta-Prompting Skill

Generate research and planning prompts for epic workflows using isolated sub-agents.

Purpose

Use meta-prompting to create research and planning pipelines via /create-prompt and /run-prompt, preventing context pollution through isolated execution.

When to Invoke

• During /epic Step 3 (Research & Planning phase)
• After epic specification is complete and reviewed
• Skip if resuming past the planning phase

Research Prompt Generation

/create-prompt "Research technical approach for: [epic objective]"

The create-prompt skill will:

1. Detect purpose: Research
2. Ask contextual questions (depth, sources, output format)
3. Generate research prompt in .prompts/001-[epic-slug]-research/
4. Reference relevant project docs (@docs/project/tech-stack.md)
5. Specify XML output format with metadata

Auto-execute research prompt:

/run-prompt 001-[epic-slug]-research

Research outputs:

• .prompts/001-[epic-slug]-research/research.md
• Contains: findings, confidence levels, dependencies, open questions, assumptions

Copy and Commit Research

# Copy research.md to epic directory
cp .prompts/001-${EPIC_SLUG}-research/research.md epics/${EPIC_SLUG}/research.md

# Extract metadata for commit message
FINDINGS_COUNT=$(xmllint --xpath 'count(//finding)' epics/${EPIC_SLUG}/research.md)
CONFIDENCE=$(xmllint --xpath 'string(//confidence_level)' epics/${EPIC_SLUG}/research.md)
OPEN_QUESTIONS=$(xmllint --xpath 'count(//open_question)' epics/${EPIC_SLUG}/research.md)

# Commit research
git add .prompts/001-${EPIC_SLUG}-research/
git add epics/${EPIC_SLUG}/research.md
git commit -m "docs(epic-research): complete technical research for ${EPIC_SLUG}

Findings: ${FINDINGS_COUNT}
Confidence: ${CONFIDENCE}
Open questions: ${OPEN_QUESTIONS}

Next: Planning phase"

Alternative: /meta:enforce-git-commits --phase "epic-research"

Planning Prompt Generation

/create-prompt "Create implementation plan based on research"