Work unit decomposition

Skill a5c-ai/babysitter/library/methodologies/metaswarm/skills/work-unit-decomposition

Babysitter enforces obedience on agentic workforces and enables them to manage extremely complex tasks and workflows through deterministic, hallucination-free self-orchestration

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npx -y skills add a5c-ai/babysitter --skill work-unit-decomposition

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Decompose implementation plans into discrete work units with enumerated DoD items, file scope declarations, dependency mapping, and human checkpoint flags.

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When decomposing a large feature into implementable chunks
When preparing for orchestrated execution

Work Unit Structure

Each work unit specifies:

ID - Unique identifier
Title - Human-readable description
Definition of Done - Enumerated checklist items
File Scope - Which files the unit may modify
Dependencies - Other work units this depends on
Human Checkpoint - Whether human approval is needed before execution
Parallel Safe - Whether it can execute alongside other units

Human Checkpoint Triggers

Mark human checkpoints for:

Schema or database changes
Security-sensitive code paths
New architectural patterns not seen in codebase
External API integrations
Breaking changes to public interfaces

Agents Used

agents/architect/ - Creates the decomposition
agents/cto/ - Validates TDD readiness per unit

Tool Use