skill-work-slicing SKILL.md skillA
skill-work-slicing from nyldn/claude-octopus is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add nyldn/claude-octopus/skill-work-slicing@git:20260906.89d2d35Pins git:20260906.89d2d35 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- nyldn/claude-octopus
- Path
.claude/skills/skill-work-slicing/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20260906.89d2d35, committed Sep 6, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 2, 2026
- Size
- 5,551 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4,409
- License
- MIT
Break a plan or spec into vertical slices that each declare what blocks them — use when work is agreed but not yet cut into fileable pieces.
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
# Work Slicing Turn a plan, spec, or the conversation so far into a set of tickets. Each one is a **vertical slice** — a narrow but complete path through every layer — and each declares the tickets that block it. This is the step between "we know what we are building" and "someone can pick up a piece of it". It does not decide anything: if decisions are still open, run `skill-pressure-test` first. Before slicing, map unresolved decision records and their dependencies. Each record names its question, required evidence, owner, resolution, and unblocked implementation. A dependency cycle withholds ready status until it is recut. Invalidated decisions reopen affected work rather than leaving stale completion. Adapted from `to-tickets` in [mattpocock/skills](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills) (MIT), retargeted at this repo's trackers. ## When To Use - A plan or spec exists and needs cutting into fileable work. - A tracking epic is too big to claim and needs children. - Several people or sessions will work in parallel and need boundaries. ## When Not To Use - Decisions are still open. Slicing unresolved work produces tickets that get reopened. Use `skill-pressure-test`. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add nyldn/claude-octopus/skill-work-slicing@sha256:056b0deb38900fcaThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260906.89d2d35, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_bzyxz23gpo7grgee)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Aug 2, 2026 and Sep 6, 2026, about one every 18 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20260906.89d2d35 latest | 2026-09-06 | 89d2d35 | 5,551 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260813.14437ae | 2026-08-13 | 14437ae | 4,983 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260802.542f71c | 2026-08-02 | 542f71c | 4,952 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (5551 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
nyldn/claude-octopus · 4,409 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_bzyxz23gpo7grgee GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nyldn/claude-octopus/skill-work-slicing GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/056b0deb38900fca3833fef544d1978fe1616dc0181814c4d16db135d25208c8
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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.
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