Breaks work into ordered tasks. Use when you have a spec or clear requirements and need to break work into implementable tasks. Use when a task feels too large to start, when you need to estimate scope, or when parallel work is possible.
Install
npx skills add addyosmani/agent-skills --skill planning-and-task-breakdownnpx skills add addyosmani/agent-skills --skill planning-and-task-breakdown -a claude-code -gnpx skills add addyosmani/agent-skills --skill planning-and-task-breakdown -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/addyosmani/agent-skills.git --path skills/planning-and-task-breakdowngh skill install addyosmani/agent-skills planning-and-task-breakdowngit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/addyosmani/agent-skills /tmp/addyosmani__agent-skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/addyosmani__agent-skills/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown ~/.claude/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/addyosmani__agent-skills/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown ~/.agents/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode