Agent skill

Project Workflow

by waynesutton in waynesutton/builder-skills

Runs multi step work the way a careful senior engineer would.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedProduct & Project Management

Install Project Workflow

skills CLI
$ npx skills add waynesutton/builder-skills --skill project-workflow -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install waynesutton/builder-skills project-workflow --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/waynesutton/builder-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/project-workflow .claude/skills/project-workflow && 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
project-workflow
GitHub stars
404
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
593 words
Files
5 (incl. references, assets)
Skills in repo
17
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Runs multi step work the way a careful senior engineer would.

  • Works in 6 steps: Triage. Read the request and the code… → PRD. Write prds/.md from the template.… → Track. Add the work to task.md under ##… → …
  • A task spans several files
  • SKILL.md covers The loop, Triage, PRD and Task tracking, plus 4 more sections
  • Calls git

What it does

Project Workflow is an agent skill from waynesutton/builder-skills. Runs multi step work the way a careful senior engineer would. Triage before code, a short PRD in prds/, task.md kept current, docs synced after, and lessons recorded when a mistake repeats. Use when a task spans several files or steps, changes architecture, needs a plan the user can review, or when the user says "write a PRD", "plan this", "track this in task.md", or "what did we learn".

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 7 other files, including reference files and assets (for example `agents/openai.yaml` and `references/prd-template.md`).

It sits in Product & Project Management, covering PRD writing. The repository describes itself as: Builder skills for Convex apps. Convex patterns plus a PRD, task.md, changelog, and files.md workflow for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and OpenCode. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • A task spans several files
  • Changes architecture
  • Needs a plan the user can review
  • The user says write a PRD

Example prompts

  • “write a PRD”
  • “plan this”
  • “track this in task.md”
  • “/project-workflow”

Requirements

  • Node.js

Workflow steps

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

  1. Triage. Read the request and the code before touching anything.
  2. PRD. Write prds/.md from the template. Share it if the plan has a real choice in it.
  3. Track. Add the work to task.md under ## To Do. Move items as they land.
  4. Build. Small commits worth of change at a time. Verify each step.
  5. Sync docs. Hand off to the project-docs skill to update task.md, changelog.md, files.md.
  6. Learn. If the user corrected the same thing twice, add a line to prds/lessons.md.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 82d1ce2. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • git

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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

Project Workflow loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.6k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 102 tokens; SKILL.md has 593 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~102
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.6k

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 waynesutton/builder-skills at commit 82d1ce2, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© waynesutton). 593 words, ~1,132 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/project-workflow/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 4 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
project-workflow
description
Runs multi step work the way a careful senior engineer would. Triage before code, a short PRD in prds/, task.md kept current, docs synced after, and lessons recorded when a mistake repeats. Use when a task spans several files or steps, changes architecture, needs a plan the user can review, or when the user says "write a PRD", "plan this", "track this in task.md", or "what did we learn".

Project workflow

One loop for any task bigger than a typo. Plan in a PRD, track in task.md, sync docs when done, write down what went wrong so it does not repeat.

Skip this for one file fixes. A typo, a copy change, a single obvious bug. Just fix those.

The loop

  1. Triage. Read the request and the code before touching anything.
  2. PRD. Write prds/<slug>.md from the template. Share it if the plan has a real choice in it.
  3. Track. Add the work to task.md under ## To Do. Move items as they land.
  4. Build. Small commits worth of change at a time. Verify each step.
  5. Sync docs. Hand off to the project-docs skill to update task.md, changelog.md, files.md.
  6. Learn. If the user corrected the same thing twice, add a line to prds/lessons.md.

Triage

Before writing code, answer these in a few lines:

  • What is missing, broken, or incomplete?
  • What are two or three likely causes or approaches?
  • Which one is most likely, and why?
  • What is still unclear enough to ask about?

If the last answer is not empty, ask. One question, not five. Then wait.

For bugs, name the root cause before proposing the fix. A fix without a root cause is a guess.

PRD

Create prds/<feature-or-problem-slug>.md before non trivial work. Use the layout in references/prd-template.md.

Required sections:

  • Problem (one paragraph)
  • Root cause (bugs only)
  • Proposed solution
  • Files to change
  • Edge cases
  • Verification steps
  • Task completion log

Metadata at the top, always in UTC:

Created: YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm UTC
Last Updated: YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm UTC
Status: Draft | In Progress | Done

Keep it short. A PRD that takes longer to write than the change did is too long. Two screens is plenty for most work.

PRDs are .md files and live in prds/. Old or sensitive PRDs move to prds/archive/.

Task tracking

task.md has three sections: ## To Do, ## In Progress, ## Completed.

  • New work goes under To Do with a link to its PRD.
  • Only one item In Progress at a time when possible.
  • An item moves to Completed after verification, not after the edit.
  • Completed entries carry a YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm UTC timestamp, the files touched, and the verification command or outcome.

Good entry:

- [x] 2026-09-15 18:40 UTC Fix duplicate heartbeat writes. prds/heartbeat-dedup.md. convex/stats.ts, src/hooks/usePageTracking.ts. Verified: npx convex dev clean, no OCC retries in dashboard for 10 min.

Bad entry:

- [x] fixed heartbeat
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Docs sync

After each feature or fix, task.md, changelog.md, and files.md have to agree with the code. Load the project-docs skill for the rules. In short:

  • changelog.md follows Keep a Changelog. Dates come from git log --date=short, never from memory.
  • files.md gets new files added and stale descriptions fixed.
  • Claims about what shipped come from the diff, not from the plan.

Execution style

  • Keep the change set tight. The request sets the scope. Extra ideas go in the summary, not the diff. Load avoid-feature-creep if scope starts to drift.
  • One subagent per research question when the task is large enough to benefit. Do not parallelize edits to the same file.
  • Stop and re plan if the work stops making sense. Update the PRD, then continue.
  • Before calling it done, ask: would a staff engineer approve this diff as is?

Learning loop

prds/lessons.md is a flat list. One line per lesson, newest at the bottom:

- 2026-09-15 Do not add `returns` validators that duplicate the schema doc shape; use a shared validator constant instead.

Add a lesson when:

  • the user corrects the same pattern a second time
  • a verification step catches something the plan missed
  • a tool or API behaved differently from the docs

Read prds/lessons.md at the start of any session in that repo.

Never

  • Deploy, publish, commit, or push. The user does those.
  • Mark a task done without running the verification step written in the PRD.
  • Invent a date. Run git log or use the current UTC time.
  • Write a PRD for a one line change.

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Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files (references, assets) in skills/project-workflow of waynesutton/builder-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml
  • assets/large-logo.png
  • assets/small-logo.svg
  • references/prd-template.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 82d1ce2

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Questions about Project Workflow

What does Project Workflow do?

Runs multi step work the way a careful senior engineer would. Project Workflow is an agent skill from waynesutton/builder-skills. Runs multi step work the way a careful senior engineer would.

When should I use Project Workflow?

Project Workflow fits situations like: A task spans several files; changes architecture; needs a plan the user can review; the user says write a PRD.

How do I install Project Workflow in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Project Workflow in Codex?

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

Can I use Project Workflow 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 waynesutton/builder-skills --skill project-workflow -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/project-workflow, .gemini/skills/project-workflow, .github/skills/project-workflow and .opencode/skills/project-workflow in your project.

What does Project Workflow need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Project Workflow needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git). Our summary lists: Node.js.

Does Project Workflow access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Project Workflow 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 Project Workflow use?

Project Workflow is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Project Workflow use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.5k 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 478 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Project Workflow?

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Who maintains Project Workflow?

waynesutton (a GitHub user) maintains it in waynesutton/builder-skills, which has 404 GitHub stars. The repository holds 17 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 28, 2026.

Source: waynesutton/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.