breakdown-plan
Comprehensive project planning with Epic > Feature > Story hierarchy, dependencies, priorities, and GitHub automation.
What it does
- Epic: Large business capability spanning multiple features (milestone level)
- Feature: Deliverable user-facing functionality within an epic
- Story: User-focused requirement that delivers value independently
- Enabler: Technical infrastructure or architectural work supporting stories
- Test: Quality assurance work for validating stories and enablers
- Task: Implementation-level work breakdown for stories/enablers
- INVEST Criteria: Independent, Negotiable, Valuable, Estimable, Small, Testable
Requirements & configuration
- 13+ points: Epic-level work, needs breakdown
- Prerequisite: Required infrastructure or setup work
- Defect Escape Rate: <5% of stories require post-release fixes
Derived from the skill's own SKILL.md documentation · extracted 2026-07-23
Comprehensive project planning with Epic > Feature > Story hierarchy, dependencies, priorities, and GitHub automation.
Source
Repository: https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot
breakdown-plan FAQ
What does the breakdown-plan skill do?
Issue Planning and Automation prompt that generates comprehensive project plans with Epic > Feature > Story/Enabler > Test hierarchy, dependencies, priorities, and automated tracking. Epic: Large business capability spanning multiple features (milestone level) Feature: Deliverable user-facing functionality within an epic
What does breakdown-plan require?
13+ points: Epic-level work, needs breakdown Prerequisite: Required infrastructure or setup work Defect Escape Rate: <5% of stories require post-release fixes
How do I install breakdown-plan?
Run: npx -y skills add https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot --skill breakdown-plan --agent claude-code — the source lives at github.com/github/awesome-copilot.
Maintain breakdown-plan?
Let people know it's listed here — add the badge (live metrics, light/dark aware) or a plain link to your README or docs.
[](https://getagentictools.com/skills/github-awesome-copilot-breakdown-plan?ref=badge) npx agentictools info skills/github-awesome-copilot-breakdown-plan The second line is the CLI lookup for this page — handy in READMEs and docs.