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user-story-splitting — Claude Code skill: what it does, how to install

This skill breaks large user stories and epics into smaller stories that can be delivered independently. Use it when an item is hard to estimate or finish in a sprint.

Install into Claude Code · Skills CLI (Vercel) All methods and platforms ↓ 
npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill user-story-splitting -a claude-code
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What user-story-splitting does

The skill examines a story or epic and suggests split points based on workflow steps, business rules, data types, acceptance criteria, major effort, external dependencies, or DevOps work. If those patterns do not fit, it suggests small experiments to explore unknowns. Each resulting story is meant to retain user value.

Provide the story text, and optionally explain why it is hard to estimate or complete in a sprint and what size limit your team uses. The skill checks its patterns in order and stops when one applies; template.md supplies the full output structure. It is not intended for technical tasks: the source recommends using engineering task breakdown for those.

What it helps with

  • split an epic into deliverable increments
  • separate stories with multiple acceptance criteria
  • find story boundaries across workflow steps
  • make an oversized story easier to estimate
  • separate business-rule scenarios into distinct stories

Example prompts for the agent

  • Split this story into parts that can be released independently: “As a user, I want to…”
  • Break down this epic; we can’t finish it in a sprint.
  • Split this story by its business-rule scenarios while keeping value in each part.

How to install user-story-splitting

1Skills CLI (Vercel)

npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill user-story-splitting -a claude-code

2Manually: put the files in place

~/.claude/skills/user-story-splitting/SKILL.md

Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/user-story-splitting/

Step by step, with commands for each platform: How to install skills in Claude Code: five ways

Questions about user-story-splitting

How do I install user-story-splitting in Claude Code?

Run npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill user-story-splitting -a claude-code. The skill file is at ~/.claude/skills/user-story-splitting/SKILL.md.

What does user-story-splitting do?

It examines a large user story or epic and proposes smaller stories that can be delivered independently. It checks patterns such as workflow steps, business rules, data variations, and acceptance criteria.

Can I use the skill to break down a technical task?

The skill is for user stories, epics, and features. For technical tasks, the source recommends engineering task breakdown instead.

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