# sprint-retrospective

Runs a sprint or milestone retrospective and turns it into a few owned actions instead of another template ritual.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 364 installs · ★ 50
- Author: akillness
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/akillness/jeo-skills/tree/HEAD/.agent-skills/sprint-retrospective/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/sprint-retrospective

## What it does

The skill walks a retrospective from intake to brief. It first classifies the request: cadence (sprint, release, milestone, project phase), team shape, current pain, and what evidence is on hand. Then it picks exactly one primary mode — `live-facilitated-retro`, `async-first-retro`, `hybrid-retro`, `milestone-postmortem`, or `action-review-reset`. It will not blend modes in one answer.

Next comes a review of prior actions: done, stale, blocked, or worth dropping. Observations are collected through one prompt family — `start / stop / continue`, `4Ls`, `mad / sad / glad`, or custom prompts tied to quality and handoffs. Themes get merged down to three to five, and actions are capped at three, each with an owner, a due date, and a success signal.

When a team keeps generating actions and closing none, the skill switches to `action-review-reset`. Backlog planning goes to `task-planning`, sizing to `task-estimation`, daily sync to `standup-meeting`, and incident forensics to dedicated skills. That last handoff matters: a retro is not the place for a deep outage investigation.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add akillness/jeo-skills --skill sprint-retrospective -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add akillness/jeo-skills --skill sprint-retrospective -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add akillness/jeo-skills --skill sprint-retrospective -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install akillness/jeo-skills sprint-retrospective
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add akillness/jeo-skills --skill sprint-retrospective -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/akillness/jeo-skills --path .agent-skills/sprint-retrospective
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add akillness/jeo-skills --skill sprint-retrospective -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/akillness/jeo-skills/tree/HEAD/.agent-skills/sprint-retrospective/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- run a retrospective after a finished sprint
- pick a retro format instead of reusing a stale template
- sort prior actions into done, stale, blocked and dropped
- collect team observations without turning it into blame
- turn recurring complaints into a couple of process experiments

## Example prompts
- Run a sprint retrospective for a distributed team and give me themes plus owned actions
- Our old retro actions never closed — do an action-review-reset and tell me what to keep or drop
- I need a milestone postmortem for the release: what broke in the workflow and what we change next

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