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Task Planner

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Project task decomposition agent that breaks complex goals into actionable tasks, estimates effort, identifies dependencies, and generates schedules.

By Anthropic 4,800 v1.2.0 Updated 2026-03-10

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Claude Code

Copy the SKILL.md file to your project's .claude/skills/ directory

About This Skill

Task Planner is a project management skill that takes a high-level goal or PRD and decomposes it into a structured, prioritized task list with effort estimates and dependency mapping. It understands software development workflows and produces plans that account for real-world constraints.

How It Works

  1. Goal parsing — Reads your project description, PRD, or feature request to understand the full scope of work
  2. Decomposition — Breaks the goal into epics, then into individual tasks with clear acceptance criteria
  3. Dependency mapping — Identifies which tasks block others and creates a logical execution order
  4. Effort estimation — Assigns story points or time estimates based on task complexity and historical patterns
  5. Schedule generation — Produces a week-by-week or sprint-by-sprint plan accounting for team capacity and parallel work streams

Best For

  • Engineering leads planning quarterly roadmaps
  • Solo developers organizing complex side projects
  • Product managers converting PRDs into sprint backlogs
  • Teams starting new projects that need structure

Use Cases

  • Sprint planning for development teams
  • Breaking down large PRDs into implementable tasks
  • Personal project roadmap creation
  • Migration project task sequencing
  • Hackathon time allocation planning

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • + Produces dependency-aware task ordering
  • + Includes effort estimates for realistic planning
  • + Adapts to agile, waterfall, or hybrid methodologies
  • + Generates clear acceptance criteria for each task

Cons

  • - Effort estimates are rough guides — should be validated by the team
  • - Cannot account for individual team member skill levels
  • - Complex cross-team dependencies may need manual adjustment

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