Agent skill

Dough Story Decomposition

by terryyin in terryyin/lizard

Challenges and decomposes a broad product problem into ordered Valuable/Visible/Vertical stories with rough effort hypotheses.

Custom licenceAuto-check passed

Install Dough Story Decomposition

skills CLI
$ npx skills add terryyin/lizard --skill dough-story-decomposition -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install terryyin/lizard dough-story-decomposition --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/terryyin/lizard.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/dough-story-decomposition .claude/skills/dough-story-decomposition && 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
dough-story-decomposition
GitHub stars
2.5k
Token cost
~744 tokens
SKILL.md length
348 words
Files
3 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
19
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Challenges and decomposes a broad product problem into ordered Valuable/Visible/Vertical stories with rough effort hypotheses.

  • The parent problem
  • SKILL.md covers Choose the workflow, Resolve required context and Decompose and record
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Candidate stories

What it does

Dough Story Decomposition is an agent skill from terryyin/lizard. Challenges and decomposes a broad product problem into ordered Valuable/Visible/Vertical stories with rough effort hypotheses. Use when the parent problem, candidate stories, or learning priority are unresolved. Writes one non-executable seed.

Its SKILL.md is about 740 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files, including reference files (for example `references/problem-decomposition.md` and `references/seed-format.md`).

The repository describes itself as: A simple code complexity analyser without caring about the C/C++ header files or Java imports, supports most of the popular languages.

When your agent uses it

  • The parent problem
  • Candidate stories
  • Learning priority are unresolved

Example prompts

  • “Use the dough-story-decomposition skill to challenge and decomposes a broad product problem into ordered Valuable/Visible/Vertical stories with…”
  • “/dough-story-decomposition”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 4b57b3b. 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

Dough Story Decomposition loads about 744 tokens when it runs, and up to ~4.2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 67 tokens; SKILL.md has 348 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~67
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~744
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~4.2k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 348 words (~744 tokens).

“Produce one human-reviewed seed containing a clear parent problem and ordered candidate stories. Do not perform technical design or write an executable plan.”

— opening of SKILL.md by terryyin, Custom licence
name
dough-story-decomposition

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in .agents/skills/dough-story-decomposition of terryyin/lizard.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/problem-decomposition.md
  • references/seed-format.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 4b57b3b

Compare with similar skills

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Dough Story Decomposition this skillterryyin/lizard2.5k—~744Automated safety check: PassCustom licence
Agent Challengesruvnet/ruflo74k2 repos~995Automated safety check: PassMIT
Story ReadinessDonchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios26k—~6.9kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Job Storiesphuryn/pm-skills27k—~743Automated safety check: PassMIT
User Storiesphuryn/pm-skills27k—~748Automated safety check: PassMIT
Create StoriesDonchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios26k—~7.3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Dough Story Decomposition

What does Dough Story Decomposition do?

Challenges and decomposes a broad product problem into ordered Valuable/Visible/Vertical stories with rough effort hypotheses. Dough Story Decomposition is an agent skill from terryyin/lizard. Challenges and decomposes a broad product problem into ordered Valuable/Visible/Vertical stories with rough effort hypotheses.

When should I use Dough Story Decomposition?

Dough Story Decomposition fits situations like: the parent problem; candidate stories; learning priority are unresolved.

How do I install Dough Story Decomposition in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add terryyin/lizard --skill dough-story-decomposition -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/dough-story-decomposition in terryyin/lizard) into .claude/skills/dough-story-decomposition in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Dough Story Decomposition in Codex?

Run `npx skills add terryyin/lizard --skill dough-story-decomposition -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/dough-story-decomposition in terryyin/lizard) into .agents/skills/dough-story-decomposition in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Dough Story Decomposition 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 terryyin/lizard --skill dough-story-decomposition -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/dough-story-decomposition, .gemini/skills/dough-story-decomposition, .github/skills/dough-story-decomposition and .opencode/skills/dough-story-decomposition in your project.

What does Dough Story Decomposition need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Dough Story Decomposition is instructions for the agent only.

Does Dough Story Decomposition 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 Dough Story Decomposition 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 Dough Story Decomposition use?

Dough Story Decomposition has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Dough Story Decomposition use?

About 744 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3k 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 3.4k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Dough Story Decomposition?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Dough Story Decomposition: Agent Challenges (ruvnet/ruflo, 74k 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 Dough Story Decomposition?

terryyin (a GitHub user) maintains it in terryyin/lizard, which has 2,550 GitHub stars. The repository holds 19 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 11, 2026.

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