# 07 Epic

> Produces or refines an outcome-based Epic for a product backlog. Use when the user wants to frame, review, resume, or persist an Epic. Not for Product Briefs, User Stories, or implementation.

- Skill: `ai-driven-dev/07-epic` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 11 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add ai-driven-dev/07-epic`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/ai-driven-dev/07-epic/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Product & Planning
- Author: ai-driven-dev (https://skillmd.com/u/ai-driven-dev)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/ai-driven-dev/07-epic

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# Epic

```mermaid
flowchart LR
  source([request, Product Brief, PRD, or Epic]) --> shape --> review --> finalize
  source -->|"already persisted"| finalize
  review -->|"revise"| shape
  finalize -->|"revise"| shape
  finalize -->|"authorized"| done([Epic])
```

## Actions

Run the flow above. Read only the next action file.

| Action   | Does                                  |
| -------- | ------------------------------------- |
| shape    | frame one outcome-based Epic          |
| review   | challenge its coherence and readiness |
| finalize | approve, persist, or transition             |

## Transversal rules

- Keep product and lifecycle decisions with the user.
- Separate evidence, decisions, and assumptions.
- Preserve source links and existing edits.
- Ask natural questions; never expose actions, references, or unchanged state.
- Require explicit approval or caller-provided bounded authority before any write.
- Stay at outcome level; do not propose child slices or implementation.