slice-discipline

slice-discipline

An Agent Skills-format skill: work in slices — decompose implementation plans into shippable increments, each with a named owner and a done test that proves the outcome.

Works with any agent that reads SKILL.md skills (MACH-AI, Claude Code, ...).

Install

MACH-AI:

/skills install unixguru2k/slice-discipline
/skills activate slice-discipline

Claude Code (via the skills CLI — auto-detects Claude Code and installs to the right location):

npx skills add unixguru2k/slice-discipline

# Global (available in all projects)
npx skills add -g unixguru2k/slice-discipline

Or plain git clone:

# Personal skills (available in all projects)
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
git clone https://github.com/unixguru2k/slice-discipline ~/.claude/skills/slice-discipline

# Or per-project (committed with the repo)
mkdir -p .claude/skills
git clone https://github.com/unixguru2k/slice-discipline .claude/skills/slice-discipline

Claude Code discovers any directory containing a SKILL.md under ~/.claude/skills/ (personal) or .claude/skills/ (project) — no registration step. The skill activates when your request matches its description (planning, slicing work, delegating sub-tasks, deciding whether a turn is done).

Other agents: copy this repo (or add it as a git submodule) so that SKILL.md sits in your agent's skill directory.

Updating (when vendored as a submodule)

cd <mount-point> && git pull && cd -
git add <mount-point>
git commit -m "Bump slice-discipline submodule"

Source

Methodology: "Own the Slice" — Kent Langley (https://www.kentlangley.com/blog/own-the-slice/). The slice = INVEST (Bill Wake, 2003) + a named owner + a real-world done test.

License: MIT (see LICENSE).