prd-v07-epic-scoping

prd-v07-epic-scoping is a skill for Claude Code from mattgierhart/PRD-driven-context-engineering. It costs 128 tokens per session (4,597 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A planning method that breaks a technical specification into context-sized work packages called epics, each covering a manageable piece of implementation.

In plain words
What is it for?
Creating or updating epics from API contracts, data-model specifications, architecture decisions, feature scope, and existing work packages.
Why use it?
It turns a large build plan into ordered units that fit an agent's working context and reflect system boundaries and dependencies.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: allowed-tools in frontmatter.

Good fit Creating or updating epics from API contracts, data-model specifications, architecture decisions, feature scope, and existing work packages.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/mattgierhart/prd-driven-context-engineering/prd-v07-epic-scoping
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add mattgierhart/PRD-driven-context-engineering --skill prd-v07-epic-scoping
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mattgierhart/PRD-driven-context-engineering

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 128 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 4,597 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. Third-party audits
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector pass 7 Sept 2026
How audits are shown
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 $0.00128 $0.04597
Opus 5 $0.00064 $0.02299
Sonnet 5 $0.00026 $0.00919
Haiku 4.5 $0.00013 $0.00460

Measured 9d ago against content hash 2e466040b610, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-09, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

prd-v07-epic-scoping 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 9d 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/skills/prd-v07-epic-scoping/SKILL.md · 457 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 457 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Epic Scoping

Position in workflow: v0.6 Technical Specification → v0.7 Epic Scoping → v0.7 Test Planning

Consumes

This skill requires prior work from v0.6 Technical Specification:

  • API-* endpoint contracts (from v0.6 Technical Specification) — Endpoints define what must be built; API count signals complexity
  • DBT-* data model specifications (from v0.6 Technical Specification) — Data entities and relationships inform natural boundaries
  • ARC-* architecture decisions (from v0.6 Architecture Design) — System structure, module boundaries, and integration patterns define scoping boundaries
  • FEA-* feature entries with MVP-SCOPE (from v0.3 Features Value Planning) — MVP boundary determines EPIC scope; post-MVP features defer to backlog
  • Existing EPIC-* entries (if brownfield) — Inherited work packages constrain and sequence new EPICs

This skill assumes v0.6 Technical Specification is complete with API-/DBT- entries providing implementation contracts.

Produces

This skill creates/updates:

  • EPIC-* entries (context-window-sized work packages, status-based) — Scope of work that fits in AI agent working memory with explicit dependencies, pre-load context budget, session state tracking, and acceptance criteria
  • EPIC dependency graph — Sequencing showing which EPICs must complete before others; identifies infrastructure/foundation EPICs, critical path EPICs, and optional/secondary EPICs
  • Context capsule specification — Pre-load checklist (SoT files, key IDs, code references) and working room estimate ensuring EPIC doesn't exceed 100k context tokens

All EPIC- entries are work package specifications, not confidence-based. They are:

  • Sized for context windows (3-5 APIs, 2-4 DBT tables, 1-2 UJs, <100k pre-load tokens)
  • Fully traceable (every EPIC references API-, DBT-, BR-, UJ-, TEST- from upstream)
  • Sequenced explicitly (dependencies form a DAG; no circular dependencies)
  • Deliverable-focused (measurable completion with acceptance criteria)

Read the full file on GitHub · 457 lines

Files

What ships with it

3 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

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. 9d ago First seen · 457 lines · 128 tokens per session scan A 2e466040b610

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prd-v07-epic-scoping is a skill published in the GitHub repository mattgierhart/PRD-driven-context-engineering (182 stars, last pushed 9d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 128 tokens to every session and 4,597 once invoked, about $0.0006 per session on Opus 5. 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.