Mpt ext task create initial epic
Skill softwareone-platform/mpt-extension-skills/skills/mpt-ext-task-create-initial-epic
Create the initial epic for a new effort - the epic plus one "Design, investigate and research" user story estimated at 3d. Use at kickoff, before detailed breakdown.From its SKILL.md
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Create Initial Epic
Purpose
Create the starting point of a new effort in Jira: one epic plus a single Design, investigate and research user story estimated at 3d.
Use When
- A new initiative is kicking off and needs its epic created.
- You want the standard initial shape (epic + one design story) before the work is broken down into delivery stories.
Do Not Use When
- The epic already exists; only stories/subtasks are missing (use
mpt-ext-workflow-decompose-tdr). - You need full decomposition of an epic/TDR into delivery stories and subtasks (use
mpt-ext-workflow-decompose-tdr). - You only need a single arbitrary Jira issue (use
mpt-ext-tool-jira-workitem-opsdirectly).
Inputs
- Epic summary.
- Either a BDR (Business Design Review) link or a description of what needs to be done. One of the two is mandatory.
- Project key and the required project fields (
components,fixVersions);Teamwhen applicable; assignee. - Installed shared package root when shared guidance is needed:
${MPT_EXTENSION_SKILLS_HOME:-$HOME/.mpt-extension-skills}/current
Workflow
- Build repository context first.
- Read the target repository
AGENTS.mdonce per session. If you already loaded it earlier in this session and still have its full contents, reuse them instead of re-reading; if the context was summarized or you are unsure it is complete, read it again. Do not pre-load shared docs in this step; read them lazily only when the repository points to them. - Read repository-specific docs when they exist, because they may extend or override shared guidance.
- Read shared docs only when the repository explicitly points to them. Resolve them from
${MPT_EXTENSION_SKILLS_HOME:-$HOME/.mpt-extension-skills}/currentwhen available; otherwise read them from themainbranch of the shared GitHub repository. See Shared References.
- Confirm the epic body.
- The epic description must contain either a BDR link or a clear description of what needs to be done.
- If neither is available, ask the user for one before creating anything.
- Create the epic.
- Use
mpt-ext-tool-jira-workitem-opsto create the epic with the required project fields (components,fixVersions,Teamwhen applicable) and the BDR link or description in the body.
- Create the
Design, investigate and researchuser story.
- Parent it to the epic.
- Title it exactly
Design, investigate and research. - Set its Original Estimate to
3d(this is the one story that carries an estimate directly; seestandards/user-stories.md). - Inherit
Team,components,fixVersionsfrom the epic. Do not set theKeywordsfield on the story.
- Report the result.
- Show the created epic key and the design story key with its
3destimate.
Guardrails
- The epic must have a BDR link or a description. Do not create an epic with an empty body.
- Create exactly one story here:
Design, investigate and researchat3d. Do not create delivery stories or subtasks in this skill. - Do not set
Keywordson the story. - Follow
standards/user-stories.mdfor inheritance, estimates, and components.
Shared References
standards/user-stories.md— work breakdown, estimates, components, the design-story exceptionstandards/skills.md— skill authoring rules- Relies on
mpt-ext-tool-jira-workitem-opsfor the Jira operations.
Expected Outcome
An epic exists with a BDR link or a description, and a single Design, investigate and research user story sits under it with a 3d Original Estimate, ready for later breakdown.