# scope

The skill adds a /scope command that turns a product idea into a phased feature plan in docs/scope/, then reconciles that plan with what actually shipped.

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- Author: jsmastery-pro
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/jsmastery-pro/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/scope/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-08-09
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/scope

## What it does

The skill adds a `/scope` command that turns a product idea into a coarse plan under `docs/scope/`: an At a glance table plus feature sections grouped by phase, each with a `Done when:` line and checkbox steps. There are no subcommands. Mode comes from context: a bare call on a project with no scope starts planning, one feature name appends a row to an existing plan, and a bare call once scope exists reconciles what shipped and queues the next slice.

Every feature gets a rigor dial: `Prototype`, `Alpha`, `Beta` or `GA`. Choices arrive as option panels of two to four concrete options, one marked `(recommended)`; on Claude Code they render through `AskUserQuestion`, elsewhere the same options print as text, up to four questions per round. The skill picks no tools. A feature that implies a library or a host gets `Needs spec: yes` and goes to `/architect`.

A bare `/scope` opens with a short readout: git branch, distance from the remote, feature counts by status. Run it outside a git repo and that opening has nothing to read, so you reconcile against the files by hand. `done` and `existing` are not the same thing. `existing` marks what predates the skill, and the pipeline never edits those rows.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jsmastery-pro/skills --skill scope -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/scope/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/scope/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jsmastery-pro/skills --skill scope -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/scope/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jsmastery-pro/skills --skill scope -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/scope/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install jsmastery-pro/skills scope
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/scope/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jsmastery-pro/skills --skill scope -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/jsmastery-pro/skills --path skills/scope
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/scope/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jsmastery-pro/skills --skill scope -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/jsmastery-pro/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/scope/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- break a product idea into phased features in build order
- enroll one new feature without replanning everything
- reconcile the plan against the code after a release
- queue the next slice of work
- tell pipeline-built features apart from what predates the workflow

## Example prompts
- \`/scope` a task planner for a small team, keep the plan coarse
- \`/scope` PDF report export
- Run `/scope` with no arguments and tell me where we left off and what is safe to pick up

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: scope
allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Grep, Glob, Write, Edit, Agent, AskUserQuestion
description: "Run /scope to turn a product idea into a living, coarse scope in docs/scope/ and keep it current: plan a new product, plan the next slice, enroll one named feature, or run with no argument to reconcile after shipping and queue what is next. Seeds WHAT to build; /architect designs, /develop builds."
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## Output style (plain words, no dashes, no hyphens)

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Write everything this skill produces, files and messages alike, in plain simple language. Talk to the reader as `you`, warm and direct like a colleague, and present every step as a recommendation they may run or skip, never an order. Keep technical terms that carry real meaning; explain each in plain words. Never use a dash or a hyphen as punctuation: no em dash, no en dash, and no hyphenated compounds. Write `read only`, not `read-only`. Say it in simple words, or reword the sentence. Code, file paths, command flags, and values other skills match on keep their hyphens. Use short sentences, commas, or parentheses. Clear beats clever.
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## What this skill does

Turns an idea into an ordered, coarse, living plan and keeps it honest as the product ships. Answers what to build, in what order, how heavy, which need a decision first, not how to build one thing (that is `/architect` and `/develop`).

Scope shape, coarse and small: a slim At a glance table (`# · Feature · Phase · Status`) + feature sections grouped by phase (see `scope-template.md`). Each section: heading `### N. Name` with short tags only when they matter (`needs a decision`, an approach override, a workflow tier override like `· GA`), a 1 to 2 line intent, one `Done when:` line (acceptance criteria seeds, the WHAT), checkbox steps.

Feature shape lifecycle: not yet designed → one box, its entry command. On spec capture, `/architect` fills the built ready shape: `Design it (spec)` ticked, spec linked, `Build it: /develop <feature>` with 2 to 5 milestone sub items rolled up from the spec's `## Build plan`, then `Verify it: /check verify <feature>` and `Test it: /test <feature>`. Atomic build tasks stay in the spec's `## Build plan`, never here; every box is a command or tracked milestone. Status: in the table and beside the heading; spec and code pointers once they exist.

One command, inferred intent (`/scope [what]`, never a subcommand):
- **plan** (default): no scope yet + a product sized idea, or asking for the next slice. Full pass: ask → decompose into coarse feature sections → order + phase → write.
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