User Story Writer
deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills
Writes user stories in Mike Cohn's format with Gherkin acceptance criteria, turning user needs into development-ready work with testable conditions.
Shape of a user story file with acceptance criteria and edge cases.
Install User Story Format
$ npx skills add Inebrio/Routerly --skill user-story-format -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install Inebrio/Routerly user-story-format --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Inebrio/Routerly.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/user-story-format .claude/skills/user-story-format && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "user-story-format" agent skill from https://github.com/Inebrio/Routerly/tree/develop/.agents/skills/user-story-format into .claude/skills/user-story-format/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "user-story-format", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/Inebrio/Routerly/tree/develop/.agents/skills/user-story-formatType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add Inebrio/Routerly --skill user-story-format -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install Inebrio/Routerly user-story-format --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Inebrio/Routerly.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/user-story-format .agents/skills/user-story-format && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "user-story-format" agent skill from https://github.com/Inebrio/Routerly/tree/develop/.agents/skills/user-story-format into .agents/skills/user-story-format/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "user-story-format", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add Inebrio/Routerly --skill user-story-format -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install Inebrio/Routerly user-story-format --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Inebrio/Routerly.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/user-story-format .cursor/skills/user-story-format && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "user-story-format" agent skill from https://github.com/Inebrio/Routerly/tree/develop/.agents/skills/user-story-format into .cursor/skills/user-story-format/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "user-story-format", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/Inebrio/Routerly.git --path .agents/skills/user-story-format--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add Inebrio/Routerly --skill user-story-format -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install Inebrio/Routerly user-story-format --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Inebrio/Routerly.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/user-story-format .gemini/skills/user-story-format && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "user-story-format" agent skill from https://github.com/Inebrio/Routerly/tree/develop/.agents/skills/user-story-format into .gemini/skills/user-story-format/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "user-story-format", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install Inebrio/Routerly user-story-formatInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add Inebrio/Routerly --skill user-story-format -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Inebrio/Routerly.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/user-story-format .github/skills/user-story-format && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "user-story-format" agent skill from https://github.com/Inebrio/Routerly/tree/develop/.agents/skills/user-story-format into .github/skills/user-story-format/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "user-story-format", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add Inebrio/Routerly --skill user-story-format -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install Inebrio/Routerly user-story-format --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Inebrio/Routerly.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/user-story-format .opencode/skills/user-story-format && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "user-story-format" agent skill from https://github.com/Inebrio/Routerly/tree/develop/.agents/skills/user-story-format into .opencode/skills/user-story-format/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "user-story-format", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
user-story-format- GitHub stars
- 101
- Token cost
- ~373 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 124 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 17
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
At a glance
Shape of a user story file with acceptance criteria and edge cases.
- Reading a story artifact
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- Tasks that involve User stories
What it does
User Story Format is an agent skill from Inebrio/Routerly. Shape of a user story file with acceptance criteria and edge cases. Use when writing or reading a story artifact.
Its SKILL.md is about 370 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. The repository describes itself as: Self-hosted LLM gateway that routes requests across AI providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Mistral, Ollama) using intelligent multi-policy scoring — including an LLM-native… The licence is AGPL-3.0.
When your agent uses it
- Reading a story artifact
- Tasks that involve User stories
Example prompts
- “/user-story-format”
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit bcf58f1. 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 (its code samples are markdown).
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
User Story Format loads about 373 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 33 tokens; SKILL.md has 124 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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
The full file from Inebrio/Routerly at commit bcf58f1, republished under its AGPL-3.0 licence (© Inebrio). 124 words, ~373 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/user-story-format/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- user-story-format
- description
- Shape of a user story file with acceptance criteria and edge cases. Use when writing or reading a story artifact.
User story format
One file per story: <specs-root>/<feature>/01-stories/<story-id>.md.
# <story-id> — <short title>
## Story
As <who>, I want <what>, so that <why>.
## Context
The two or three sentences from the analysis a reader needs. No more.
## Acceptance criteria
- **AC1** — Given <state>, when <action>, then <observable result>.
- **AC2** — ...
## Edge cases
- **EC1** — <condition> → <required behaviour>.
## Out of scope
What this story deliberately does not cover.
## Depends on
Story ids that must land first, and why.Rules
- Criteria are observable from outside the code. If checking one requires reading the implementation, rewrite it.
- Criteria are independent: the result of one never depends on which other criterion ran first.
- No file names, function names, endpoints, tables or components. A story that cannot be written without them is a design document.
- Edge cases are the ones this story can actually hit. Cover absent, empty, malformed, unauthorised, duplicate, concurrent and oversized inputs where they apply, and say what should happen, not that it "should fail".
- Numbered ids matter: the validator reports against them and the qa-engineer maps tests to them.
- One story is one deliverable. If it needs two independent verdicts, it is two stories.
© Inebrio, AGPL-3.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/user-story-format of Inebrio/Routerly.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit bcf58f1
Compare with similar skills
User Story Format 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.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| User Story Format this skillInebrio/Routerly | 101 | — | ~373 | Automated safety check: Pass | AGPL-3.0 | |
| User Story Writerdeanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills | 7.2k | 2 repos | ~2.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Ralph Tui Create Beadssubsy/ralph-tui | 2.5k | 1 repos | ~2.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Agile Product Owneralirezarezvani/claude-skills | 28k | 3 repos | ~3.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Ralph Tui Create Beads Rustsubsy/ralph-tui | 2.5k | 1 repos | ~2.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| To Specbestofjs/bestofjs | 3.1k | 21 repos | ~757 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about User Story Format
What does User Story Format do?
Shape of a user story file with acceptance criteria and edge cases. User Story Format is an agent skill from Inebrio/Routerly. Shape of a user story file with acceptance criteria and edge cases.
When should I use User Story Format?
User Story Format fits situations like: reading a story artifact; tasks that involve User stories.
How do I install User Story Format in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add Inebrio/Routerly --skill user-story-format -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/user-story-format in Inebrio/Routerly) into .claude/skills/user-story-format in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install User Story Format in Codex?
Run `npx skills add Inebrio/Routerly --skill user-story-format -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/user-story-format in Inebrio/Routerly) into .agents/skills/user-story-format in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use User Story Format 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 Inebrio/Routerly --skill user-story-format -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/user-story-format, .gemini/skills/user-story-format, .github/skills/user-story-format and .opencode/skills/user-story-format in your project.
What does User Story Format need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: User Story Format is instructions for the agent only.
Does User Story Format 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 User Story Format 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 User Story Format use?
User Story Format is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does User Story Format use?
About 373 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.5k 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 User Story Format?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with User Story Format: User Story Writer (deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills, 7.2k stars), Ralph Tui Create Beads (subsy/ralph-tui, 2.5k stars), Agile Product Owner (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars) and Ralph Tui Create Beads Rust (subsy/ralph-tui, 2.5k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains User Story Format?
Inebrio (a GitHub organization) maintains it in Inebrio/Routerly, which has 101 GitHub stars. The repository holds 17 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.
Source: Inebrio/Routerly on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.