02-user-stories

Productivity

Turn a feature or epic into a prioritized, estimated, INVEST-compliant user-story backlog in the tracker. Use when the user wants to create, split, estimate, or prioritize user stories. Not for source code or a PRD.

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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/ai-driven-dev/framework/blob/HEAD/plugins/aidd-pm/skills/02-user-stories/SKILL.md

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User Stories

Produces a prioritized backlog of INVEST-compliant user stories, each estimated for effort and impact and carrying a pragmatic functional Definition of Done, then saved to the project's configured tracker.

Actions

#	Action	Role	Input
01	`clarify-scope`	Clarify the request through Product Owner questioning; decide epic vs single story	feature or epic description
02	`split-epic`	Decompose the confirmed scope into candidate vertical-slice stories	confirmed scope from 01
03	`draft-stories`	Write each candidate as an INVEST story with acceptance criteria and a functional DoD	candidate stories from 02
04	`estimate-impact`	Rate each story for effort (points) and impact on the existing system	drafted stories from 03
05	`prioritize`	Rank the backlog by value against effort and impact	estimated stories from 04
06	`sync-tracker`	Gate on Definition of Ready, get explicit approval, save to the tracker	ranked backlog from 05

Run 01 → 02 → 03 → 04 → 05 → 06, passing each ## Test first. A single story skips the epic split. Before running an action, read its file in actions/, not only the table or assets.

Transversal rules

INVEST: each story is Independent, Negotiable, Valuable, Estimable, Small, Testable.
Definition of Ready: acceptance criteria, dependencies, story points, and an impact rating are set, with zero blocking questions, before save.
Definition of Done: each story carries a pragmatic, functional DoD, observable user-facing conditions that mean the goal is met. Functional only, never technical delivery steps.
Lean clarification: at most 3 questions per iteration; focus on user needs, not technical aspects.
Always wait for explicit user validation before saving to the tracker.
The save target is the configured ticketing tool from project memory; never assume a specific tool.

References

references/rating.md: INVEST, the Definition of Ready and functional Definition of Done, the minor/major/critic impact scale, and the prioritization method.

Assets

assets/user-story-template.md: user story body template.