Epic Analysis Command
User Input
$ARGUMENTS
You MUST consider the user input before proceeding (if not empty).
Outline
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Parse User Input:
- •Extract project description from $ARGUMENTS
- •Generate project name (2-4 words, English, hyphen-separated)
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Understand the Whole:
- •Define project goal in 1-2 sentences
- •Identify the boundary: what's in, what's explicitly out
- •Understand current state (existing code, infrastructure, constraints)
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Identify Sub-Tasks:
- •Break the project into the minimum number of independent work units
- •Each sub-task should be completable within a single workflow cycle (analyze → plan → execute)
- •Name each sub-task (2-4 words, English, hyphen-separated)
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Analyze Dependencies:
- •Map which sub-tasks block others
- •Identify what can run in parallel
- •Find the critical path
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Assess Risks:
- •Technical uncertainties requiring validation (
/workflow-validate) - •External dependencies or unknowns
- •Areas where the decomposition itself is uncertain
- •Technical uncertainties requiring validation (
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ADR Assessment:
- •After decomposition, evaluate whether any project-level decisions meet ADR criteria (PRICE)
- •Epic-level decisions often qualify: technology choices, architectural patterns, cross-cutting concerns
- •If any PRICE criterion applies, add the ADR assessment section to the document
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Assess Decomposition Confidence:
- •Apply Decision Honesty rule (same as workflow-analyze)
- •Confident: Clear boundaries, well-understood domain
- •Tentative: Some boundaries may shift after early tasks reveal more
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Write Document:
- •Create
docs/epic/{project-name}/analysis.md(Korean)
- •Create
Key Rules
Documentation Language
CRITICAL: All documents must be written in Korean.
Thinking Order
Understand the whole project first. Decompose second. Premature decomposition without understanding the whole leads to wrong boundaries.
Decomposition Principles (CRITICAL)
- •Minimum viable split: Fewest sub-tasks that cover the full scope. If two tasks always change together, they're one task.
- •Session-independent: Each sub-task must be executable in a separate Claude Code session with only its own context (analysis.md, plan.md) — no implicit dependency on "what the previous session knew."
- •Vertical, not horizontal: Don't split by layer (DB → API → UI). Split by capability or domain boundary.
- •Size calibration:
- •Each sub-task = 1-5 commits when planned with
/workflow-plan - •If a sub-task feels like 1 commit → it's too small, merge with neighbors
- •If a sub-task feels like 10+ commits → it needs further splitting
- •Each sub-task = 1-5 commits when planned with
- •Workflow-ready output: Each sub-task description must be sufficient as input to
/workflow-analyze {task-name}
Anti-Bias Rules (CRITICAL)
Core: Don't over-engineer the decomposition itself. The goal is clarity, not perfection.
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Over-decomposition bias
- •AI tends to split too much ("just to be safe")
- •Ask: "Would merging these two tasks lose anything meaningful?"
- •If the answer is no → merge them
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Scope creep bias
- •AI tends to add "nice to have" sub-tasks not in the original request
- •Every sub-task must trace back to the user's stated goal
- •If it doesn't → exclude it or mark it explicitly as "future consideration"
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Perfectionism bias
- •AI tends to add "setup" and "cleanup" tasks that aren't needed
- •Infrastructure/tooling tasks are only valid if they unblock other tasks
- •Don't create sub-tasks for things the team already knows how to do
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Symmetry bias
- •AI tends to make all sub-tasks similar in size
- •Uneven size distribution is natural — don't force uniformity
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Decision Honesty (same principle as workflow-analyze)
- •Confident: Domain is well-understood, boundaries are clear → state definitively
- •Tentative: Some boundaries may shift → mark uncertain areas, recommend revisiting after Phase 1
- •Default is Tentative. Confident requires well-understood domain + clear boundaries.
Must Do
- •Project goal in 1-2 sentences
- •Minimum number of sub-tasks (prefer fewer, larger tasks)
- •Clear dependency graph
- •Each sub-task named and described enough for
/workflow-analyzeinput - •Estimate relative size (S/M/L) per sub-task
- •Identify what needs
/workflow-validatebefore proceeding - •Mark uncertain boundaries explicitly
Must Not Do
- •Create sub-tasks for obvious setup (project init, linter config, etc.) unless genuinely complex
- •Split by technical layer (types → logic → tests → UI)
- •Add tasks not in the original scope without explicit marking
- •Estimate time in hours/days (use relative size only)
- •Over-specify implementation details (that's workflow-analyze's job)
Document Template
File to create: docs/epic/{project-name}/analysis.md (Korean)
# [Project Name] - Epic Analysis
## Overview
**Project Goal**: [1-2 sentences — what this project achieves when complete]
**Trigger**: [Why now? What prompted this project?]
---
## Scope
**Included**:
- [What's in scope]
**Excluded**:
- [What's explicitly out — and why]
**Current State**: [Brief description of what exists today]
---
## Sub-Task Decomposition
<!-- Confident: use this format -->
**Confidence**: Confident (boundaries are clear)
<!-- Tentative: use this format instead -->
**Confidence**: Tentative (boundaries may shift)
**Uncertain Areas**: [Which sub-task boundaries might change and why]
**Revisit After**: [Which task(s) should complete before re-evaluating]
### Task 1: [name] (Size: S/M/L)
**Goal**: [1 sentence — what this task achieves independently]
**Why separate**: [Why this isn't part of another task]
**Workflow input**: [Key context for `/workflow-analyze {name}` — 2-3 sentences max]
### Task 2: [name] (Size: S/M/L)
[Same structure]
### Task N: [name] (Size: S/M/L)
[Same structure]
---
## Dependencies
Task 1 ──→ Task 3 ──→ Task 5 Task 2 ──→ Task 4 ──┘
**Critical Path**: Task 1 → Task 3 → Task 5
**Parallelizable**: Task 1 and Task 2 can proceed simultaneously
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## Risks & Validation Needs
**Needs `/workflow-validate`**:
- [Technical uncertainty 1]: [What to validate and why]
**External Dependencies**:
- [Dependency]: [Impact if unavailable]
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## Suggested Execution Order
**Phase 1**: [Task names — foundation]
**Phase 2**: [Task names — core features]
**Phase 3**: [Task names — integration/polish]
> Start with: `/workflow-analyze {task-1-name}`
---
## ADR Assessment
<!-- Include this section ONLY when project-level decisions meet PRICE criteria -->
<!-- Omit entirely if no criterion applies -->
**Decisions requiring ADR**:
- [Decision 1]: PRICE criteria [R, I] — [brief reason]
- [Decision 2]: PRICE criteria [P] — [brief reason]
**Recommendation**: Create ADRs before starting sub-task execution
**Suggested Timing**: After epic analysis approval, before first `/workflow-analyze`
> To create: `/adr [topic]`
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## Self-Check
- [ ] Minimum number of sub-tasks (couldn't merge any two without losing independence)
- [ ] Every sub-task traces to the stated project goal
- [ ] No "nice to have" tasks smuggled in
- [ ] Each sub-task is session-independent (no implicit context dependency)
- [ ] Vertical split, not horizontal (each task delivers a complete capability)
- [ ] Decomposition confidence honestly assessed
Execution
Now start the task according to the guidelines above.