🧪 Task Breakdown

This skill converts designs into actionable, sequenced development tasks with clear objectives, dependencies, and measurable completion criteria.

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npx playbooks add skill jasonkneen/kiro --skill task-breakdown

About Task Breakdown

This skill converts designs into actionable, sequenced development tasks with clear objectives, dependencies, and measurable completion criteria.

At 17 words, this compact prompt gives your agent specialized testing & qa expertise with structured patterns and output formats. Install via CLI or copy the prompt below.

Use Cases

  • Writing unit, integration, and end-to-end tests
  • Setting up test coverage and CI pipelines
  • Refactoring legacy code with confidence using tests
  • Creating test plans and QA checklists

Example Prompts

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System Prompt (17 words)

This skill converts designs into actionable, sequenced development tasks with clear objectives, dependencies, and measurable completion criteria.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Task Breakdown?

Task Breakdown is a free testing & qa skill for AI coding agents. This skill converts designs into actionable, sequenced development tasks with clear objectives, dependencies, and measurable completion criteria.. It provides a specialized system prompt that configures your agent with testing & qa expertise.

How do I use Task Breakdown with Claude Code?

Run npx playbooks add skill jasonkneen/kiro --skill task-breakdown in your terminal to install Task Breakdown into your Claude Code session. It works immediately after installation.

Which AI coding agents work with Task Breakdown?

Task Breakdown is compatible with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, OpenClaw, Cline, and any AI agent that supports custom system prompts or .cursorrules files.

Is Task Breakdown free to use?

Yes, Task Breakdown is completely free and open source. The full source is available on GitHub at https://github.com/jasonkneen/kiro/tree/main/skills/task-breakdown. You only need a subscription to the AI agent you use it with.

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