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Scope Decomposer (Top Orchestrator)

Type: L1 Top Orchestrator Category: 2XX Planning

Top-level orchestrator for complete initiative decomposition from scope to User Stories through Epic and Story coordinators.

Purpose

What This Skill Does

Coordinates the complete decomposition pipeline for new initiatives:

• Auto-discovers Team ID from kanban_board.md
• Phase 1: Discovery (Team ID)
• Phase 2: Epic Decomposition (delegates to ln-210-epic-coordinator)
• Phase 3: Story Decomposition Loop (precompute read-only inputs in batch, then delegate to ln-220-story-coordinator per Epic sequentially)
• Phase 4: RICE Prioritization Loop (optional, precompute child runtime inputs, then delegate to ln-230-story-prioritizer per applicable Epic sequentially)
• Phase 5: Summary (total counts + next steps)

Runtime Contract

MANDATORY READ: Load references/coordinator_runtime_contract.md, references/scope_decomposition_runtime_contract.md, references/scope_decomposition_summary_contract.md, references/epic_plan_summary_contract.md, references/coordinator_summary_contract.md

Runtime family: scope-decomposition-runtime

Identifier:

• scope identifier

Phases:

1. PHASE_0_CONFIG
2. PHASE_1_DISCOVERY
3. PHASE_2_EPIC_DECOMPOSITION
4. PHASE_3_STORY_LOOP
5. PHASE_4_PRIORITIZATION_LOOP
6. PHASE_5_FINALIZE
7. PHASE_6_SELF_CHECK

Coordinator summary contract:

• consume epic-plan from ln-210
• consume story-plan from ln-220
• consume story-prioritization-worker from ln-230
• write final scope-decomposition coordinator summary during PHASE_5_FINALIZE

Worker Invocation (MANDATORY)

Host Skill Invocation: Skill(skill: "...", args: "...") is mandatory delegation.

• Claude: call the Skill tool exactly as shown.
• Codex: if no Skill tool exists, locate the named skill in available skills, read its SKILL.md, treat args as $ARGUMENTS, execute that skill workflow, then return here with its result/artifact.
• Do not inline worker logic or mark the worker complete without executing the target skill.

Workers delegated by phase:

• Phase 2: ln-210-epic-coordinator — Epic decomposition (CREATE/REPLAN)
• Phase 3: ln-220-story-coordinator — Story decomposition per Epic (sequential)
• Phase 4: ln-230-story-prioritizer — Optional RICE prioritization per Epic (sequential)

# Phase 2 — Epic decomposition
node references/scripts/epic-planning-runtime/cli.mjs start --identifier {scopeIdentifier} --manifest-file {epicManifestPath}
Skill(skill: "ln-210-epic-coordinator", args: "{scopeIdentifier} --manifest-file {epicManifestPath}")
node references/scripts/scope-decomposition-runtime/cli.mjs record-epic-summary --identifier {scopeIdentifier} --payload-file {epicSummaryArtifactPath}

# Phase 3 — Story decomposition (per Epic, sequential)
node references/scripts/story-planning-runtime/cli.mjs start --epic {epicId} --manifest-file {storyManifestPath}
Skill(skill: "ln-220-story-coordinator", args: "{epicId} --manifest-file {storyManifestPath}")
node references/scripts/scope-decomposition-runtime/cli.mjs record-story-summary --identifier {scopeIdentifier} --payload-file {storySummaryArtifactPath}

# Phase 4 — RICE prioritization (optional, per Epic, sequential)
node references/scripts/planning-worker-runtime/cli.mjs start --skill ln-230 --identifier {identifier} --manifest-file {prioritizationManifestPath} --run-id {childRunId} --summary-artifact-path {childSummaryArtifactPath}
child_run = { skill, run_id, identifier, summary_artifact_path }
childSummaryArtifactPath = .hex-skills/runtime-artifacts/runs/{parent_run_id}/story-prioritization-worker/ln-230--{identifier}.json
Skill(skill: "ln-230-story-prioritizer", args: "{identifier} --epic {epicId} --run-id {childRunId} --summary-artifact-path {childSummaryArtifactPath}")
Read {childSummaryArtifactPath}
node references/scripts/scope-decomposition-runtime/cli.mjs record-prioritization-summary --identifier {scopeIdentifier} --payload-file {childSummaryArtifactPath}

TodoWrite format (mandatory)

- Phase 1: Discover top-level scope context (pending)
- Phase 2: Run Epic decomposition (pending)
- Phase 3: Run sequential Story loop (pending)
- Phase 4: Run optional prioritization loop (pending)
- Phase 5: Finalize scope summary (pending)
- Phase 6: Self-check (pending)

When to Use This Skill

This skill should be used when:

• Start new initiative requiring full decomposition (scope → Epics → Stories)
• Automate Epic + Story creation in single workflow
• Prefer full pipeline over manual step-by-step invocation
• Time-efficient approach for new projects (2-3 hours end-to-end)

Alternative: For granular control, invoke coordinators manually:

1. ln-210-epic-coordinator - CREATE/REPLAN Epics
2. ln-220-story-coordinator - CREATE/REPLAN Stories (once per Epic)
3. ln-230-story-prioritizer - RICE prioritization (once per Epic)

When NOT to Use

Do NOT use if:

• Initiative already has Epics → Use ln-210-epic-coordinator REPLAN mode instead
• Need to replan existing Stories → Use ln-220-story-coordinator REPLAN mode per Epic
• Only need Epic creation → Use ln-210-epic-coordinator directly
• Only need Story creation for specific Epic → Use ln-220-story-coordinator directly

Core Concepts

Orchestrator Pattern

ln-200-scope-decomposer is a pure coordinator - it does NOT execute work directly:

• ✅ Discovers context (Team ID)
• ✅ Makes routing decisions (which coordinator to invoke)
• ✅ Delegates all work via Skill tool (ln-210, ln-220, ln-230)
• ✅ Manages workflow state (Epic creation → Story loop)
• ❌ Does NOT research project docs (ln-210 does this)
• ❌ Does NOT generate Epic/Story documents (ln-210/ln-220 do this)
• ❌ Does NOT create tracker issues (coordinators do this via the configured provider)
• ❌ Does NOT prompt user (coordinators handle all user interaction)

Coordinators:

• ln-210-epic-coordinator: Creates 3-7 Epics (Epic 0 for Infrastructure if applicable, Epic 1-N for business domains)
• ln-220-story-coordinator: Creates 5-10 Stories per Epic (with inline standards research)

Sequential Story Decomposition

CRITICAL CONSTRAINT: Epic N Stories MUST complete before Epic N+1 starts (ln-220 includes user interaction — interactive dialog cannot be parallelized across Epics).

Why sequential?

• ln-220-story-coordinator includes user interaction (Story preview confirmation)
• Interactive dialog cannot be parallelized (user must review each Epic's Stories)
• Ensures Epic N Stories are approved and created before starting Epic N+1
• Read-only preparation MAY be batched first (Epic metadata, child manifests, artifact paths), but Story creation itself remains sequential

Example: 6 Epics → ln-220 invoked 6 times sequentially (Epic 0 → Epic 1 → Epic 2 → ... → Epic 5)

Infrastructure Epic = Epic 0

Reserved number: Epic 0 is reserved for Infrastructure Epic (if proposed by ln-210).

Numbering:

• IF Infrastructure Epic exists → Epic 0 (Infrastructure), Epic 1-N (business domains)
• ELSE → Epic 1-N (business domains only)

Decision: ln-210-epic-coordinator Phase 1 Step 3 automatically determines if Infrastructure Epic is needed (new project, multi-stack, security/monitoring requirements).

Auto-Discovery

Team ID: Auto-discovered from docs/tasks/kanban_board.md Tracker Configuration table (see CLAUDE.md "Configuration Auto-Discovery").

Fallback: If kanban_board.md missing → ln-210-epic-coordinator will ask user directly

Workflow

Phase 1: Discovery (Automated)

Auto-discovers Team ID from docs/tasks/kanban_board.md.

Validation:

• Team ID exists in kanban_board.md
• If missing → Skip (ln-210 will request from user)

**NO user confirma