new-epic SKILL.md skillA

new-epic from alexwaha/agentry is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add alexwaha/agentry/new-epic@git:20261014.88e2c2f

Pins git:20261014.88e2c2f in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind: SKILL.md skill
Repository: alexwaha/agentry
Path: plugin/skills/new-epic/SKILL.md
Versions recorded: 1
Latest version: git:20261014.88e2c2f, committed Oct 14, 2026
Size: 3,127 bytes
Repository stars: 3
License: MIT

Create an epic file under .agentry/tasks/epics/ from an approved spec and decompose it into linked task files with bidirectional depends_on. Use when a spec-developer's spec has status approved and needs breaking into tasks, when the User says "turn this spec into tasks" or "plan the epic", or when a product-manager is starting sprint planning for a new spec.

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

# New Epic - Spec Decomposition

Turn an APPROVED spec into an epic file plus its task breakdown. Owner:
`product-manager` (support: `sprint-prioritizer` for ordering). This is the
last planning step before the User releases work to the execution pipeline.

## Preconditions

1. The spec exists in `.agentry/specs/` with `status: approved`. A draft spec
   MUST NOT be decomposed - send it back to the spec-developer / User instead.
2. The spec's Open Questions section is empty.
3. `.agentry/tasks/epics/` and `.agentry/tasks/templates/epic-template.md` exist.

## Process

### Step 1: Number the epic

Highest existing id across `.agentry/tasks/epics/` plus 1, zero-padded to 4
digits. Epics and tasks have INDEPENDENT number sequences.

### Step 2: Create the epic file

Copy `.agentry/tasks/templates/epic-template.md` to
`.agentry/tasks/epics/epic-XXXX-<slug>.md`. Fill frontmatter (`spec:` points to
the approved spec id) and the Objective / Sequencing / Out of Scope sections
from the spec. `status: planned`.

### Step 3: Decompose into tasks

Apply `rules/task-creation.md` in full (cross-layer impact analysis, paired
backend/frontend tasks, bidirectional `depends_on`). For each task:
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add alexwaha/agentry/new-epic@sha256:6281d56678408c14

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261014.88e2c2f, 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.

Badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_an36x2btkqfx73zm.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_an36x2btkqfx73zm)

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Versions

The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 14, 2026.

version	committed	commit	size	audit
git:20261014.88e2c2f latest	2026-10-14	88e2c2f	3,127 B	A	view

Audit of the latest version

A 17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.

pass: Frontmatter block present
pass: Frontmatter declares a name
pass: Frontmatter declares a description
pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (3127 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

GitHub

alexwaha/agentry · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-29 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_an36x2btkqfx73zm
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=alexwaha/agentry/new-epic
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/6281d56678408c148712edfa8782ed7dc0228035f1bcc654060975874cdc309c

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.