Agent skill

Create User Stories

by amplitude in amplitude/builder-skills

Break a PRD or feature description into implementable user stories with acceptance criteria.

No licenceAuto-check passedProduct & Project Management

Install Create User Stories

skills CLI
$ npx skills add amplitude/builder-skills --skill create-user-stories -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install amplitude/builder-skills create-user-stories --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/amplitude/builder-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/product-skills/skills/create-user-stories .claude/skills/create-user-stories && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
create-user-stories
GitHub stars
160
Token cost
~687 tokens
SKILL.md length
131 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
61
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Break a PRD or feature description into implementable user stories with acceptance criteria.

  • Handing off to engineering
  • SKILL.md covers Prompt Template and Tips
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Breaking down work for sprint planning

What it does

Create User Stories is an agent skill from amplitude/builder-skills. Break a PRD or feature description into implementable user stories with acceptance criteria. Use when handing off to engineering or breaking down work for sprint planning.

Its SKILL.md is about 690 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Product & Project Management, covering User stories and PRD writing. The repository describes itself as: Open-source AI skills for product managers — battle-tested by PMs at Amplitude.

When your agent uses it

  • Handing off to engineering
  • Breaking down work for sprint planning

Example prompts

  • “/create-user-stories”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 51838c2. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Create User Stories loads about 687 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 48 tokens; SKILL.md has 131 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~48
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~687

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 131 words (~687 tokens).

“Turn a spec into stories engineers can build from.”

— opening of SKILL.md by amplitude
name
create-user-stories
suggest_when
User has a spec and needs stories, says "break this down", "hand off to eng", "user stories", "sprint planning", "acceptance criteria", or needs to turn a PRD…

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in product-skills/skills/create-user-stories of amplitude/builder-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 51838c2

Compare with similar skills

Create User Stories next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Ralph Tui Create JSONsubsy/ralph-tui2.5k1 repos~2.6kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
To Prdywwynm/EverythingDone14411 repos~777Automated safety check: PassGPL-3.0
Use Case Writerphucnt-bazone-vietnam/use-case-writer142—~4.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Create User Stories

What does Create User Stories do?

Break a PRD or feature description into implementable user stories with acceptance criteria. Create User Stories is an agent skill from amplitude/builder-skills. Break a PRD or feature description into implementable user stories with acceptance criteria.

When should I use Create User Stories?

Create User Stories fits situations like: handing off to engineering; breaking down work for sprint planning.

How do I install Create User Stories in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add amplitude/builder-skills --skill create-user-stories -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (product-skills/skills/create-user-stories in amplitude/builder-skills) into .claude/skills/create-user-stories in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Create User Stories in Codex?

Run `npx skills add amplitude/builder-skills --skill create-user-stories -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (product-skills/skills/create-user-stories in amplitude/builder-skills) into .agents/skills/create-user-stories in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Create User Stories in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add amplitude/builder-skills --skill create-user-stories -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/create-user-stories, .gemini/skills/create-user-stories, .github/skills/create-user-stories and .opencode/skills/create-user-stories in your project.

What does Create User Stories need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Create User Stories is instructions for the agent only.

Does Create User Stories access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Create User Stories safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Create User Stories use?

No licence was found for Create User Stories or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Create User Stories use?

About 687 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Create User Stories?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Create User Stories: Ralph Tui Create Beads (subsy/ralph-tui, 2.5k stars), Ralph Tui Create Beads Rust (subsy/ralph-tui, 2.5k stars), Ralph Tui Create JSON (subsy/ralph-tui, 2.5k stars) and To Prd (ywwynm/EverythingDone, 144 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Create User Stories?

amplitude (a GitHub organization) maintains it in amplitude/builder-skills, which has 160 GitHub stars. The repository holds 61 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 24, 2026.

Source: amplitude/builder-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.