breakdown-feature-prd Skill (awesome-copilot) for Claude: What It Does and How to Install It

Makes Claude write a product requirements document for one feature, based on its parent Epic.

Installs: 10K; on skills.sh
Stars: 40.7K; on GitHub
Updated: Oct 2026; last repo commit

Give Claude a feature idea and the parent Epic. It acts as a product manager for a large SaaS platform and writes a PRD with eight sections: feature name, Epic link, goal, user personas, user stories, requirements, acceptance criteria and out of scope. If information is missing, SKILL.md tells it to ask clarifying questions.

The PRD is saved to /docs/ways-of-work/plan/{epic-name}/{feature-name}/prd.md in your project. The skill is one file with no scripts. It is part of the awesome-copilot collection from GitHub, which describes its customizations as sourced from third-party developers.

Good for

Product managers turning an Epic into a feature spec
Engineers who need clear requirements before building
Teams that keep planning docs in the repo
Anyone writing user stories and acceptance criteria

Install breakdown-feature-prd

Claude Code

Copy this prompt.

Install the breakdown-feature-prd skill in Claude Code. Run this command:

npx skills add https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot --skill breakdown-feature-prd

Then check that it loaded and tell me how to use it.

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Paste it into Claude Code. It shows the change and asks before running it.

Requires Node.js.

The plugin route above is for Copilot CLI. For Claude Code, use the skills-only routes, which install just this skill.

From its listing on skills.sh. Source.

What's in the skill

When it loads

Prompt for creating Product Requirements Documents (PRDs) for new features, based on an Epic.

Sections in SKILL.md

Goal
Output Format
PRD Structure
Context Template

Key facts

Author: github/awesome-copilot, a community collection; the project-planning plugin lists "Awesome Copilot Community" as author
License: MIT
Installs on skills.sh: 10,039 (Nov 2, 2026)
GitHub stars: 40,666 for the whole awesome-copilot repo (Nov 2, 2026)
Last repo commit: Oct 30, 2026
What it includes: 1 file: SKILL.md (no scripts)
Part of: The project-planning plugin: 8 skills and 7 agents, per its plugin.json

What it includes

Acts as a product manager and asks if info is missing
Reviews your feature request and the parent Epic, then writes a PRD. SKILL.md says to ask clarifying questions if it lacks information.
Try: “Write a PRD for a saved-search feature. The Epic is in docs/epics/search/epic.md.”
Read · Goal and clarifying questions
Eight sections from name to out of scope
Feature name, Epic, Goal (problem, solution, impact), User Personas, User Stories, Requirements, Acceptance Criteria and Out of Scope.
Write · PRD structure
"As a persona, I want to action so that benefit"
Covers primary paths and edge cases in that sentence form.
Write · User stories
Functional and non-functional lists
Functional requirements say what the system must do. Non-functional ones cover performance, security, accessibility and data privacy.
Write · Requirements
Checklist or Given/When/Then per story
Used to check the feature is complete and correct.
Write · Acceptance criteria
Writes prd.md under /docs/ways-of-work/plan
Saves to /docs/ways-of-work/plan/{epic-name}/{feature-name}/prd.md.
Write · Save the PRD

From the official docs

Permissions

Low risk

The skill writes one PRD file into your repo. The Copilot CLI plugin route also installs agents that can run terminal commands and create GitHub issues, so use the skills-only route if you only want this skill.

What it can do

Read your data
Create and change things
Delete things
Read-only mode

Watch out for

The plugin route adds agents with more power
The project-planning plugin installs 7 agents. Their tool lists include running terminal commands (implementation-plan, research-technical-spike, task-planner) and creating or updating GitHub issues (prd). Use the skills-only install if you want just this skill. github.com
It writes a file under /docs
SKILL.md saves the PRD to /docs/ways-of-work/plan/{epic-name}/{feature-name}/prd.md. Check the path before you commit it. github.com

Security advisories

No published security advisories as of Nov 2, 2026.

Technical details

Turning on read-only	No read-only mode. Decline the file write if you only want the PRD text in chat.
Sign-in and keys	SKILL.md names no account or key.
Scopes	Writes prd.md under /docs/ways-of-work/plan/ in your project

Questions

What does the breakdown-feature-prd skill do?

It makes Claude write a PRD for one feature. Claude uses the parent Epic and your feature idea, and saves a Markdown file with goal, personas, stories, requirements, acceptance criteria and scope.

How do I install it?

Use the install box at the top of this page. For Copilot CLI there is a plugin route. For Claude Code, Codex and others, the box lists skills-only commands.

Where does it save the PRD?

SKILL.md says /docs/ways-of-work/plan/{epic-name}/{feature-name}/prd.md. Check that this path suits your repo.

What is the project-planning plugin?

It is a Copilot CLI plugin in awesome-copilot with 8 skills and 7 agents for planning. This skill is one of the 8. Some of its agents can run terminal commands or create GitHub issues, so read them first.

Do I need an Epic first?

The skill expects a parent Epic and links it in the PRD. The sibling breakdown-epic-pm skill in the same plugin writes an Epic PRD.

Does it need an API key?

SKILL.md names no key and the skill is one file with no scripts.

Is it safe?

The skill is one text file with no scripts. It writes one Markdown file in your repo at the path above. The plugin route adds agents that can run terminal commands or create GitHub issues, so skip it if you only want this skill.

Information

updated Nov 2, 2026

Repository: github/awesome-copilot
Folder: skills/breakdown-feature-prd

github/awesome-copilot skills.sh

Sources

Docs, issue trackers and discussions this page is built from.

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breakdown-feature-prd SKILL.md · github.com
project-planning plugin.json · github.com
project-planning plugin README · github.com