planning-and-task-breakdown SKILL.md skillA
This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed, one of 5 indexed copies. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.
planning-and-task-breakdown from addyosmani/agent-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add addyosmani/agent-skills/planning-and-task-breakdown@git:20260828.8300e1bPins git:20260828.8300e1b in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- addyosmani/agent-skills
- Path
skills/planning-and-task-breakdown/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260828.8300e1b, committed Aug 28, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 29, 2026
- Size
- 10,564 bytes
- Repository stars
- 113,383
- License
- MIT
Breaks work into ordered tasks. Use when you have a spec or clear requirements and need to break work into implementable tasks. Use when a task feels too large to start, when you need to estimate scope, or when parallel work is possible.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Planning and Task Breakdown ## Overview Decompose work into small, verifiable tasks with explicit acceptance criteria. Good task breakdown is the difference between an agent that completes work reliably and one that produces a tangled mess. Every task should be small enough to implement, test, and verify in a single focused session. ## When to Use - You have a spec and need to break it into implementable units - A task feels too large or vague to start - Work needs to be parallelized across multiple agents or sessions - You need to communicate scope to a human - The implementation order isn't obvious **When NOT to use:** Single-file changes with obvious scope, or when the spec already contains well-defined tasks. ## The Planning Process ### Step 1: Enter Plan Mode Before writing any code, operate in read-only mode: - Read the spec and relevant codebase sections - Identify existing patterns and conventions - Map dependencies between components - Note risks and unknowns …
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How to install
mdr add addyosmani/agent-skills/planning-and-task-breakdown@sha256:ed0f90cc5951ddd4The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260828.8300e1b, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Jun 29, 2026 and Aug 28, 2026, about one every 15 days.
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| git:20260828.8300e1b latest | 2026-08-28 | 8300e1b | 10,564 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260812.f18d2c3 | 2026-08-12 | f18d2c3 | 9,442 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260807.91d4d07 | 2026-08-07 | 91d4d07 | 7,659 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260722.45ccfb6 | 2026-07-22 | 45ccfb6 | 7,653 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260629.7d36add | 2026-06-29 | 7d36add | 7,632 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (10564 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
addyosmani/agent-skills · 113,383 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-01 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_3vk3nje55uc6oixw GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=addyosmani/agent-skills/planning-and-task-breakdown GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/ed0f90cc5951ddd4bcab7f871f64efec93a49af9279ef93bc470da77ad8da3f7
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