📋 Recursive Decomposition
Based on the Recursive Language Models (RLM) research by Zhang, Kraska, and Khattab (2025), this skill provides strategies for handling tasks that exceed comfortable context limits through programmatic decomposition and recursive self-invocation. Triggers on phrases like "analyze all files", "proces
npx playbooks add skill massimodeluisa/recursive-decomposition-skill --skill recursive-decomposition
About Recursive Decomposition
Based on the Recursive Language Models (RLM) research by Zhang, Kraska, and Khattab (2025), this skill provides strategies for handling tasks that exceed comfortable context limits through programmatic decomposition and recursive self-invocation. Triggers on phrases like "analyze all files", "proces
Its 40-word system prompt specializes your agent in developer workflow with structured methodology and proven output formats. Install with one command to activate immediately.
Use Cases
- Streamlining git workflows and commit conventions
- Setting up CI/CD pipelines and deployment scripts
- Managing monorepos and multi-package projects
- Automating release notes and changelogs
Example Prompts
System Prompt (40 words)
Based on the Recursive Language Models (RLM) research by Zhang, Kraska, and Khattab (2025), this skill provides strategies for handling tasks that exceed comfortable context limits through programmatic decomposition and recursive self-invocation. Triggers on phrases like "analyze all files", "proces
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Recursive Decomposition?
Recursive Decomposition is a free developer workflow skill for AI coding agents. Based on the Recursive Language Models (RLM) research by Zhang, Kraska, and Khattab (2025), this skill provides strategies for handling tasks that exceed comfortable context limits through programmatic decomposition and recursive self-invocation. Triggers on phrases like "analyze all files", "proces. It provides a specialized system prompt that configures your agent with developer workflow expertise.
How do I use Recursive Decomposition with Claude Code?
Run npx playbooks add skill massimodeluisa/recursive-decomposition-skill --skill recursive-decomposition in your terminal to install Recursive Decomposition into your Claude Code session. It works immediately after installation.
Which AI coding agents work with Recursive Decomposition?
Recursive Decomposition is compatible with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, OpenClaw, Cline, and any AI agent that supports custom system prompts or .cursorrules files.
Is Recursive Decomposition free to use?
Yes, Recursive Decomposition is completely free and open source. The full source is available on GitHub at https://github.com/massimodeluisa/recursive-decomposition-skill/tree/main/plugins/recursive-decomposition/skills/recursive-decomposition. You only need a subscription to the AI agent you use it with.
