paperclip-converting-plans-to-tasks Skill

Source

• Creator: microsoft
• Repository: microsoft/amplifier-app-paperclip
• Skill file: skills/paperclip-converting-plans-to-tasks/SKILL.md

What it does

The Paperclip way of converting a plan into executable tasks. Use whenever you are asked to plan, scope, or break down work inside a Paperclip company. Industry-agnostic guidance on how to translate a plan into assigned issues with the right specialty, dependencies, and parallelization so Paperclip's executor can pick

Skill instructions

Paperclip — Converting Plans to Tasks A companion skill for turning a plan into executable Paperclip work. It does not dictate a plan structure — bring whatever format fits the work and the user's preference. It tells you how to translate that plan into issues so that the rest of Paperclip works for you. For the mechanics of recording a plan (issue document with key plan, comment links, approval gating, who to reassign back to), follow the Planning section of the paperclip skill. This skill covers planning method, not the API surface. When you're asked to plan - Plan deeply. Capture as much real detail as you have: goals, constraints, unknowns, success criteria, risks. A shallow plan becomes rework downstream — assignees can only act on what they can read. - Know your team. Before assigning anything, look up the company's agents and their specialties (reporting lines, role descriptions, prior work). Don't default work to yourself when a better-suited agent exists; don't assign to a nam