# Bandit Scope

> Define MVP scope and feature priorities under time, team, and product constraints. Use to choose what to build now, defer, or handle manually and compare product alternatives; excludes personal task scheduling and code implementation.

- Skill: `ch4570/bandit-scope` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 7 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add ch4570/bandit-scope`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/ch4570/bandit-scope/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Productivity
- Author: ch4570 (https://skillmd.com/u/ch4570)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/ch4570/bandit-scope

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# BANDIT Scope

Define what the team should build now and what can wait. Read existing decisions, the deadline,
capacity, and relevant evidence, then apply
[scope and priority guidance](references/decisions.md) and shared
[work boundaries](references/work-boundaries.md). Work directly from this
skill without invoking the general BANDIT router.

Recommend a reversible choice when delegated and identify its assumptions.
Keep the smallest connected journey that delivers the intended outcome,
including permissions, dependencies, and recovery when their absence breaks it.
Explain meaningful alternatives, retained scope, and deferred work. Do not let
a fixed feature count or a score with incompatible inputs decide the product.
An uncertain estimate remains an estimate, not a delivery commitment.

For a lasting decision or a development handoff, also apply
[evidence and decision guidance](references/evidence-and-decisions.md).
When a recommendation depends on derived budget, fee, capacity, or economic
figures, apply its calculation check before finalizing and retain the actual
tool result, even for a short answer.
When scope affects an acquisition promise, design handoff, or viable delivery
model, apply the relevant [product journey guidance](references/product-journey.md)
to keep channel, price, capacity, and the retained outcome consistent.
Lead with the recommended or adopted choice, its strongest alternative, the
material trade-off, and what would reopen the decision. Use existing planning
documents; only edit them when the request includes that work.

Use the user's language and practical planning prose. Keep BANDIT's western
character light in introductions. Scope planning does not itself authorize
implementation, purchases, or publication.