Break an overwhelming project — or any large, vague task someone can't find an entry point into — down to a single concrete next step. Use whenever someone faces something big and signals they're stuck or overwhelmed: "I need to build a whole reporting system but I don't know where to start", "this feels like too much", "where do I even begin with X", "I'm drowning in this project", "can you break this down", "chunk it for me", "I'm paralyzed by the size of this". The goal is momentum, not a master plan: decompose into a few major parts, then collapse all the way down to one doable step sized by time AND energy, with a clear definition of done for today. Trigger on the combination of a large or ambiguous task PLUS stuck-ness, overwhelm, or an explicit request to break the work down — even if the person never uses the words "overwhelm" or "breakdown". Do NOT use this to produce a full project plan — that's the opposite of what an overwhelmed person needs.
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Claude CodeCodexCursorGitHub CopilotGemini CLI
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About this skill
Break an overwhelming project — or any large, vague task someone can't find an entry point into — down to a single concrete next step. Use whenever someone faces something big and signals they're stuck or overwhelmed: "I need to build a whole reporting system but I don't know where to start", "this feels like too much", "where do I even begin with X", "I'm drowning in this project", "can you break this down", "chunk it for me", "I'm paralyzed by the size of this". The goal is momentum, not a master plan: decompose into a few major parts, then collapse all the way down to one doable step sized by time AND energy, with a clear definition of done for today. Trigger on the combination of a large or ambiguous task PLUS stuck-ness, overwhelm, or an explicit request to break the work down — even if the person never uses the words "overwhelm" or "breakdown". Do NOT use this to produce a full project plan — that's the opposite of what an overwhelmed person needs.
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Break an overwhelming project — or any large, vague task someone can't find an entry point into — down to a single concrete next step. Use whenever someone faces something big and signals they're stuck or overwhelmed: "I need to build a whole reporting system but I don't know where to start", "this feels like too much", "where do I even begin with X", "I'm drowning in this project", "can you break this down", "chunk it for me", "I'm paralyzed by the size of this". The goal is momentum, not a master plan: decompose into a few major parts, then collapse all the way down to one doable step sized by time AND energy, with a clear definition of done for today. Trigger on the combination of a large or ambiguous task PLUS stuck-ness, overwhelm, or an explicit request to break the work down — even if the person never uses the words "overwhelm" or "breakdown". Do NOT use this to produce a full project plan — that's the opposite of what an overwhelmed person needs.
About this listing
Category
Engineering
Reported license
MIT
Listing language (estimated)
English
Review status
Not individually reviewed
Agent compatibility
Atlas installation supports Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Skill-specific dependencies and features are checked during setup.
Claude Code
Codex
Cursor
GitHub Copilot
Gemini CLI