012-agile-epic SKILL.md skillA

012-agile-epic from jabrena/plinth is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add jabrena/plinth/012-agile-epic@v0.19.0

Pins v0.19.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
jabrena/plinth
Path
skills/012-agile-epic/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
6
Latest version
v0.19.0, committed Sep 26, 2026
First version recorded
Apr 26, 2026
Size
3,437 bytes
Repository stars
453
License
Apache-2.0

Guides the creation of agile epics with comprehensive definition including business value, success criteria, and breakdown into user stories. Use when the user wants to create an agile epic, define large bodies of work, break down features into user stories, or document strategic initiatives. This should trigger for requests such as Create an agile epic; Write an epic; I need to create an epic; Define an epic; Epic definition. Part of Plinth Toolkit.

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

# Create Agile Epics

Guide the agent to systematically gather information and generate a comprehensive epic definition in Markdown format. An epic represents a large body of work that can be broken down into smaller user stories, features, or tasks. **This is an interactive SKILL**.

**What is covered in this Skill?**

- Epic core details: title/ID, owner, business value, target users
- Epic scope and context: problem statement, solution overview, success criteria, dependencies
- Epic breakdown: key features and components (3-7 high-level items)
- Risk assessment: risks, assumptions, and unknowns
- Documentation linking: related documents and epic filename
- Next steps and recommendations for epic management

## Constraints

Before generating the epic document, gather all required information through structured questions. Use exact wording from the template and wait for user responses. Always get current date before starting.

- **MANDATORY**: Get current date using terminal command before starting the epic creation process
- **MANDATORY**: Ask questions from the template one-by-one in strict order before generating any artifacts
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add jabrena/plinth/012-agile-epic@sha256:54c6c6d16f7d8649

The line at the top of this page pins the label v0.19.0, 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 6 versions of this file, between Apr 26, 2026 and Sep 26, 2026, about one every 31 days.

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v0.19.0 latest2026-09-26 9569c35 3,437 BA view · diff
v0.18.02026-08-01 26b0e71 3,437 BA view · diff
v0.17.02026-07-10 aaee915 2,976 BA view · diff
v0.16.02026-06-15 b73c9d3 2,987 BA view · diff
v0.15.02026-05-29 a800339 2,987 BA view · diff
v0.15.0-SNAPSHOT2026-04-26 819f349 2,996 BA 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 (3437 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

jabrena/plinth · 453 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_iorgnxubhrlhp3z7
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=jabrena/plinth/012-agile-epic
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/54c6c6d16f7d8649a36ca97fcab2578e01fdd201419732d4ac1d58f337795917

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