Idea To Blueprint
sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills
Turn a raw product, app, bot or feature idea into one evidence-backed build blueprint (researched stack, epics, Given/When/Then criteria, tests) that coding agents build one epic per session.
A skill your agent uses when a large feature, story, plan, or spec idea needs to be split into small vertical slices with the Hamburger Method.
Apache-2.0Auto-check passed
Install 052 Design Hamburger Method
$ npx skills add jabrena/plinth --skill 052-design-hamburger-method -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install jabrena/plinth 052-design-hamburger-method --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/jabrena/plinth.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/052-design-hamburger-method .claude/skills/052-design-hamburger-method && 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 "052-design-hamburger-method" agent skill from https://github.com/jabrena/plinth/tree/main/skills/052-design-hamburger-method into .claude/skills/052-design-hamburger-method/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "052-design-hamburger-method", 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/jabrena/plinth/tree/main/skills/052-design-hamburger-methodType 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 jabrena/plinth --skill 052-design-hamburger-method -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install jabrena/plinth 052-design-hamburger-method --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jabrena/plinth.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/052-design-hamburger-method .agents/skills/052-design-hamburger-method && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "052-design-hamburger-method" agent skill from https://github.com/jabrena/plinth/tree/main/skills/052-design-hamburger-method into .agents/skills/052-design-hamburger-method/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "052-design-hamburger-method", 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 jabrena/plinth --skill 052-design-hamburger-method -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install jabrena/plinth 052-design-hamburger-method --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jabrena/plinth.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/052-design-hamburger-method .cursor/skills/052-design-hamburger-method && 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 "052-design-hamburger-method" agent skill from https://github.com/jabrena/plinth/tree/main/skills/052-design-hamburger-method into .cursor/skills/052-design-hamburger-method/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "052-design-hamburger-method", 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/jabrena/plinth.git --path skills/052-design-hamburger-method--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 jabrena/plinth --skill 052-design-hamburger-method -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install jabrena/plinth 052-design-hamburger-method --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jabrena/plinth.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/052-design-hamburger-method .gemini/skills/052-design-hamburger-method && 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 "052-design-hamburger-method" agent skill from https://github.com/jabrena/plinth/tree/main/skills/052-design-hamburger-method into .gemini/skills/052-design-hamburger-method/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "052-design-hamburger-method", 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 jabrena/plinth 052-design-hamburger-methodInstalls 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 jabrena/plinth --skill 052-design-hamburger-method -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jabrena/plinth.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/052-design-hamburger-method .github/skills/052-design-hamburger-method && 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 "052-design-hamburger-method" agent skill from https://github.com/jabrena/plinth/tree/main/skills/052-design-hamburger-method into .github/skills/052-design-hamburger-method/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "052-design-hamburger-method", 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 jabrena/plinth --skill 052-design-hamburger-method -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install jabrena/plinth 052-design-hamburger-method --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jabrena/plinth.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/052-design-hamburger-method .opencode/skills/052-design-hamburger-method && 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 "052-design-hamburger-method" agent skill from https://github.com/jabrena/plinth/tree/main/skills/052-design-hamburger-method into .opencode/skills/052-design-hamburger-method/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "052-design-hamburger-method", 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
052-design-hamburger-method- GitHub stars
- 447
- Token cost
- ~1k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 447 words
- Files
- 2 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 124
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when a large feature, story, plan, or spec idea needs to be split into small vertical slices with the Hamburger Method.
- A large feature
- SKILL.md covers Constraints, When to use this skill, Workflow and Reference
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- Spec idea needs to be split into small vertical slices with the Hamburger Method
What it does
052 Design Hamburger Method is an agent skill from jabrena/plinth. Use when a large feature, story, plan, or spec idea needs to be split into small vertical slices with the Hamburger Method. This should trigger for requests such as Split this oversized story; Find the smallest useful slice; Break this feature into vertical slices; Apply the Hamburger Method; Turn this broad plan into tracked slices. Part of Plinth Toolkit
Its SKILL.md is about 1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/052-design-hamburger-method.md`).
The repository describes itself as: Plinth is an AI-native engineering toolkit for modern Java enterprise SDLC, built around reusable Commands, Agents, Skills, and MCP Servers. The licence is Apache-2.0.
When your agent uses it
- A large feature
- Spec idea needs to be split into small vertical slices with the Hamburger Method
- Requests such as Split this oversized story
- Find the smallest useful slice
Example prompts
- “/052-design-hamburger-method”
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit dca88dc. 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
052 Design Hamburger Method loads about 1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~3.6k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 97 tokens; SKILL.md has 447 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 jabrena/plinth at commit dca88dc, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© jabrena). 447 words, ~1,020 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/052-design-hamburger-method/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- 052-design-hamburger-method
- description
- Use when a large feature, story, plan, or spec idea needs to be split into small vertical slices with the Hamburger Method. This should trigger for requests such as Split this oversized story; Find the smallest useful slice; Break this feature into vertical slices; Apply the Hamburger Method; Turn this broad plan into tracked slices. Part of Plinth Toolkit
- license
- Apache-2.0
- metadata.author
- Juan Antonio Breña Moral
- metadata.version
- 0.19.0
Hamburger Method Design
Guide Java teams through the Hamburger Method for splitting oversized work into small, valuable, end-to-end vertical slices. This is an interactive SKILL.
What is covered in this Skill?
- Recognizing oversized feature, story, plan, or spec work
- Identifying 3-6 functional or workflow layers that participate in delivering value
- Generating 4-5 implementation or quality options per layer
- Challenging scope with the smallest useful version question
- Filtering options that are too costly, redundant, irreversible, or unnecessary for early learning
- Composing one first vertical slice and follow-up slices
- Self-checking value, size, testability, deliverability, and issue-tracking suitability
- Routing plan, OpenSpec, GitHub issue, and Jira follow-up through the existing planning skills
Constraints
Split oversized work into vertical slices that deliver observable value, not isolated horizontal technical tasks.
- MUST read
references/052-design-hamburger-method.mdbefore applying the method - MUST identify 3-6 functional or workflow layers before selecting a slice
- MUST generate 4-5 options per layer, ordered from simplest acceptable option to richer options
- MUST challenge scope with the smallest-useful-version question before recommending a first slice
- MUST filter costly, redundant, irreversible, or unnecessary options before composing the first slice
- MUST keep recommended work as vertical slices that deliver observable value
- MUST NOT present isolated technical layers as independently shippable stories
When to use this skill
- Apply the Hamburger Method
- Split this oversized story
- Find the smallest useful slice
- Break this feature into vertical slices
- Turn this broad plan into tracked slices
- This feature is too large
Show full SKILL.md (209 more words)Show less
Workflow
- Recognize Oversized Work
Read references/052-design-hamburger-method.md, then restate the large feature, story, plan, or spec idea and why ordinary implementation task decomposition would be too broad, risky, or horizontal.
- Map Layers and Options
Identify 3-6 functional or workflow layers needed for observable value. For each layer, generate 4-5 implementation or quality options ordered from the simplest acceptable choice to richer choices.
- Challenge Scope
Ask: "If this had to ship tomorrow, what would be the smallest useful version?" Use the answer to remove options that are too costly, redundant, irreversible, or unnecessary for early learning.
- Compose the First Slice
Select one option from each relevant layer to create the smallest useful end-to-end vertical slice. Explain the user-visible value, validation signal, and why rejected layer options wait for later slices.
- Plan Follow-Up Slices
Propose follow-up vertical slices that incrementally improve quality, automation, robustness, reach, observability, operational behavior, or supported workflows without turning them into isolated technical layers.
- Self-Check and Route Follow-Up
Check every slice for value, size, testability, deliverability, and issue-tracking suitability. Route implementation planning through 041-planning-plan-mode, spec-level changes through 042-planning-openspec, GitHub issue work through 043-planning-github-issues, Jira work through 044-planning-jira, and Azure DevOps work through 045-planning-azure-devops.
Reference
For detailed guidance, examples, and constraints, see references/052-design-hamburger-method.md.
© jabrena, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in skills/052-design-hamburger-method of jabrena/plinth.
- SKILL.md
- references/052-design-hamburger-method.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit dca88dc
Compare with similar skills
052 Design Hamburger Method 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 052 Design Hamburger Method this skilljabrena/plinth | 447 | — | ~1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Idea To Blueprintsickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | 47k | 1 repos | ~6.1k | Automated safety check: Warn | MIT | |
| Story ReadinessDonchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios | 26k | — | ~6.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Job Storiesphuryn/pm-skills | 27k | — | ~743 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| User Storiesphuryn/pm-skills | 27k | — | ~748 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Create StoriesDonchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios | 26k | — | ~7.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
Similar skills
Story Readiness
Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios
Is a story implementation-ready?. An agent skill from Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios.
Job Stories
phuryn/pm-skills
Turns a feature into job stories in the When, I want to, so I can format, each with six to eight acceptance criteria tied to the user's situation and outcome.
User Stories
phuryn/pm-skills
Create user stories following the 3 C's (Card, Conversation, Confirmation) and INVEST criteria with descriptions, design links, and acceptance criteria.
Create Stories
Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios
Break one epic into implementable stories embedding TR-ID, ADR guidance, acceptance criteria.
Idea Darwin
sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills
Darwinian idea evolution engine — toss rough ideas onto an evolution island, let them compete, crossbreed, and mutate through structured rounds to surface your strongest concepts.
More from jabrena/plinth
All 124 skills in this repo703 Technologies Fuzzing Testing
jabrena/plinth
A skill your agent uses when you need to add or review fuzz testing for Java APIs with CATS — including contract-driven negative testing, malformed payload validation, boundary input exploration, CI…
033 Architecture Diagrams
jabrena/plinth
A skill your agent uses when you need to generate Java project diagrams — including UML sequence diagrams, UML class diagrams, C4 model diagrams, UML state machine diagrams, UML Deployment Diagrams…
112 Java Maven Plugins
jabrena/plinth
A skill your agent uses when you need to add or configure Maven plugins in your pom.xml — including quality tools (enforcer, surefire, failsafe, jacoco, pitest, spotbugs, pmd), security scanning…
151 Java Performance Jmeter
jabrena/plinth
A skill your agent uses when you need to set up JMeter performance testing for a Java project — including creating the run-jmeter.sh script from the exact template, configuring load tests with…
161 Java Profiling Detect
jabrena/plinth
A skill your agent uses when you need to set up Java application profiling to detect and measure performance issues — including trusted preinstalled async-profiler v4.x setup, problem-driven…
001 Commands Inventory
jabrena/plinth
A skill your agent uses when you need to generate a checklist document with embedded commands inventory, following the embedded template exactly and producing INVENTORY-COMMANDS-JAVA.md in the…
Questions about 052 Design Hamburger Method
What does 052 Design Hamburger Method do?
A skill your agent uses when a large feature, story, plan, or spec idea needs to be split into small vertical slices with the Hamburger Method. 052 Design Hamburger Method is an agent skill from jabrena/plinth. Use when a large feature, story, plan, or spec idea needs to be split into small vertical slices with the Hamburger Method.
When should I use 052 Design Hamburger Method?
052 Design Hamburger Method fits situations like: A large feature; spec idea needs to be split into small vertical slices with the Hamburger Method; requests such as Split this oversized story; find the smallest useful slice.
How do I install 052 Design Hamburger Method in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add jabrena/plinth --skill 052-design-hamburger-method -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/052-design-hamburger-method in jabrena/plinth) into .claude/skills/052-design-hamburger-method in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install 052 Design Hamburger Method in Codex?
Run `npx skills add jabrena/plinth --skill 052-design-hamburger-method -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/052-design-hamburger-method in jabrena/plinth) into .agents/skills/052-design-hamburger-method in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use 052 Design Hamburger Method 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 jabrena/plinth --skill 052-design-hamburger-method -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/052-design-hamburger-method, .gemini/skills/052-design-hamburger-method, .github/skills/052-design-hamburger-method and .opencode/skills/052-design-hamburger-method in your project.
What does 052 Design Hamburger Method need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: 052 Design Hamburger Method is instructions for the agent only.
Does 052 Design Hamburger Method 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 052 Design Hamburger Method 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 052 Design Hamburger Method use?
052 Design Hamburger Method is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does 052 Design Hamburger Method use?
About 1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 2.6k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to 052 Design Hamburger Method?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with 052 Design Hamburger Method: Idea To Blueprint (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars), Story Readiness (Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios, 26k stars), Job Stories (phuryn/pm-skills, 27k stars) and User Stories (phuryn/pm-skills, 27k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains 052 Design Hamburger Method?
jabrena (a GitHub user) maintains it in jabrena/plinth, which has 447 GitHub stars. The repository holds 124 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.
Source: jabrena/plinth on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.