Agent skill

Development Task Understanding

by Peiiii in Peiiii/nextclaw

通用开发生命周期的「任务理解与现状调查」阶段 owner;当需要理解用户输入、明确目标、成功条件、影响面、当前链路或根因时使用,负责形成可决策证据,不负责主动发现新需求、冻结方案或修改实现。

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Install Development Task Understanding

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Peiiii/nextclaw --skill development-task-understanding -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Peiiii/nextclaw development-task-understanding --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/Peiiii/nextclaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/development-task-understanding .claude/skills/development-task-understanding && 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
development-task-understanding
GitHub stars
260
Token cost
~639 tokens
SKILL.md length
100 words
Files
5 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
70
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

通用开发生命周期的「任务理解与现状调查」阶段 owner;当需要理解用户输入、明确目标、成功条件、影响面、当前链路或根因时使用,负责形成可决策证据,不负责主动发现新需求、冻结方案或修改实现。

  • Works in 7 steps: 明确判断对象和会改变的下一步决策。 → 读取对象本体,记录它实际产生、保存、转换或消费的事实。 → 查调用方、被调用方、同类入口和规范事实源,记录现有能力与复用依据;未检索不算不存在。 → …
  • SKILL.md covers 目标, 进入, 调查顺序 and Bug 复现门, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Development Task Understanding is an agent skill from Peiiii/nextclaw. 通用开发生命周期的「任务理解与现状调查」阶段 owner;当需要理解用户输入、明确目标、成功条件、影响面、当前链路或根因时使用,负责形成可决策证据,不负责主动发现新需求、冻结方案或修改实现。

Its SKILL.md is about 640 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 6 other files, including reference files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`, `references/chain-slicing.md` and `references/minimum-complete-outcome.md`).

The repository describes itself as: A human-centered long-term AI partner—not a task-centered assistant. The licence is MIT.

Example prompts

  • “/development-task-understanding”

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. 明确判断对象和会改变的下一步决策。
  2. 读取对象本体,记录它实际产生、保存、转换或消费的事实。
  3. 查调用方、被调用方、同类入口和规范事实源,记录现有能力与复用依据;未检索不算不存在。
  4. 沿最近完整链路核对 producer -> owner/state -> boundary -> consumer。
  5. 扫同 owner 或责任链的同类问题,但不无界扩张到全仓库。
  6. 区分已确认事实、合理假设和仍需验证的未知项。
  7. 判断路径是否显然,或存在会改变结果、owner、复杂度或验证的真实设计空间。

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 973722e. 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

Development Task Understanding loads about 639 tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.1k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 32 tokens; SKILL.md has 100 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~32
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~639
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2.1k

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 Peiiii/nextclaw at commit 973722e, republished under its MIT licence (© Peiiii). 100 words, ~639 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/development-task-understanding/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 4 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
development-task-understanding
description
通用开发生命周期的「任务理解与现状调查」阶段 owner;当需要理解用户输入、明确目标、成功条件、影响面、当前链路或根因时使用,负责形成可决策证据,不负责主动发现新需求、冻结方案或修改实现。

Development Task Understanding

目标

回答“用户要解决什么,系统实际怎样”。沿用户指出的入口取证,不凭文件名、局部调用或截图外推,也不从愿景、使用信号或市场发明需求;相邻机会只记为范围外。

进入

标准开发任务轻量进入;明确要求调查、完整链路、复杂调试或根因,或局部证据不足时正式展开。

先冻结:

  • 用户或系统可观察问题;
  • 最小完整结果及其必要链路;
  • 任务类型、flow 分类依据、Design/文档建议;bugfix 另含复现层级与修后判定;
  • 期望行为和成功条件;用户任务给出“角色/起点 → 当前操作 → 可见结果”的现状链路,标出断点与未知,不用技术调用链替代,也不在理解阶段设计新交互;
  • 范围、非目标和约束;
  • 当前已知事实、假设和未知项;保存用户预期与共识来源,区分明确要求、已确认选择与 AI 推断,沉默不作确认;
  • 最近 owner、影响面和 L0-L4 风险。

大型交付在依赖输入展开设计/实现前,将原始输入与约束整理到 docs/logs/ 的本任务日志:短内容用“原始输入与约束”章节,多材料或需独立引用时拆日期前缀文件并从日志链接。其它需留痕或跨轮复用的任务沿用此落点,小改动不强制建日志。记录原话/原型/附件的位置与版本、用户要求及材料用途,区分必须遵循、参考、AI 推断与待定;不能把功能原型自动降为样式参考。读取相关原件后提炼,不能仅凭 AI 摘要;原件缺失标明未知,只暂停依赖它的决策。

<!-- model-capability-patch: gap=现有能力可闭环时仍升级框架; review-on=model-change; remove-when=方案任务能稳定先证明零改动路径 -->

涉及框架、协议或通用抽象时,先用真实场景证明零改动闭环;能成立就不改。只有可复现、无法由业务或 adapter 承接且阻断当前结果的共同缺口才升级;未来可能和“更通用”不算证据。

调查顺序

  1. 明确判断对象和会改变的下一步决策。
  2. 读取对象本体,记录它实际产生、保存、转换或消费的事实。
  3. 查调用方、被调用方、同类入口和规范事实源,记录现有能力与复用依据;未检索不算不存在。
  4. 沿最近完整链路核对 producer -> owner/state -> boundary -> consumer。
  5. 扫同 owner 或责任链的同类问题,但不无界扩张到全仓库。
  6. 区分已确认事实、合理假设和仍需验证的未知项。
  7. 判断路径是否显然,或存在会改变结果、owner、复杂度或验证的真实设计空间。

使用可复用知识时核对来源、版本/环境和有效性;设计决定不等于已经实现,历史成功不证明当前状态。维护事实或出现资料冲突时读取事实知识合同。

Bug 复现门

bugfix 默认复现,必须选择 reproduce 或 skip-reproduction:

  • 根因、违约边界或修后判定任一不确定时,选择 reproduce,用命中同一违约点的最低成本复现。
  • 仅当直接证据锁定根因和边界且有贴近风险的修后验证时,才选择 skip-reproduction,并记录依据和替代验证。
  • 时间、环境和 Token 只影响复现层级,不降低证明门槛。

reproduce 保留失败入口、输入和指标供 Validation 复验;skip-reproduction 披露没有修前基线。复现不新增 phase。

按失效机制选最低充分层级:纯逻辑用单元、协作边界用集成、时序/环境/用户状态用真实链路。偶发或无法安全重现时先收集现场日志、追踪和状态;根因未锁定保持调查,不能把环境受限写成复现成功。紧急缓解不等于根因修复。

每次新增调查必须改变一个设计、实现或验证决策;已确认且未变化的长文件、日志和命令输出不得重读。

外部协议按端点和操作取证,不从单个成功端点外推。有状态机制分别核对触发、输入、替换、持久化/恢复、重试和测试;registry/catalog 投影对照 canonical 来源。

条件方法

  • 用户只给出方向、目标边界模糊或“做到什么程度”会改变交付时,读取最小完整结果边界。
  • 跨多 hop、runtime、transport、异步边界,或真实复现昂贵时,读取链路切片。
  • 用户要求系统根因、事故复盘或机制沉淀,且已有足够直接证据时,读取根因分层。
  • 项目另有代码清理或专项调查合同且当前意图命中时,按项目入口读取;本阶段不复制专项方法。

普通任务理解不读取这些参考;一次只选择当前需要的一种方法。

输出

  • 需求、最小完整结果、必要链路、范围、非目标、成功条件和风险;
  • 任务类型、Design/设计文档建议与分叉依据;bugfix 另含复现决定、依据和修后判定;
  • 已查 producer、owner、boundary、consumer 范围;
  • 已确认事实、仍待验证假设和证据缺口;
  • 路径是否显然、是否需要正式设计;
  • 推荐下一阶段、继续调查或不改,以及原因。

本阶段不冻结实现方案、不编辑产物、不执行最终验证,也不枚举并加载所有可能的专项 skill。

© Peiiii, MIT. 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 4 other files (references) in .agents/skills/development-task-understanding of Peiiii/nextclaw.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml
  • references/chain-slicing.md
  • references/minimum-complete-outcome.md
  • references/root-cause-layers.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 973722e

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Questions about Development Task Understanding

What does Development Task Understanding do?

通用开发生命周期的「任务理解与现状调查」阶段 owner;当需要理解用户输入、明确目标、成功条件、影响面、当前链路或根因时使用,负责形成可决策证据,不负责主动发现新需求、冻结方案或修改实现。. Development Task Understanding is an agent skill from Peiiii/nextclaw.

How do I install Development Task Understanding in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Peiiii/nextclaw --skill development-task-understanding -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/development-task-understanding in Peiiii/nextclaw) into .claude/skills/development-task-understanding in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Development Task Understanding in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Peiiii/nextclaw --skill development-task-understanding -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/development-task-understanding in Peiiii/nextclaw) into .agents/skills/development-task-understanding in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Development Task Understanding 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 Peiiii/nextclaw --skill development-task-understanding -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/development-task-understanding, .gemini/skills/development-task-understanding, .github/skills/development-task-understanding and .opencode/skills/development-task-understanding in your project.

What does Development Task Understanding need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Development Task Understanding is instructions for the agent only.

Does Development Task Understanding 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 Development Task Understanding 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 Development Task Understanding use?

Development Task Understanding is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Development Task Understanding use?

About 639 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.6k 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 1.4k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

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Who maintains Development Task Understanding?

Peiiii (a GitHub user) maintains it in Peiiii/nextclaw, which has 260 GitHub stars. The repository holds 70 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

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