# Sprint Kickoff Brief

> Turn sprint inputs into a kickoff-ready brief with goals, tickets, risks, and team context.

- Skill: `danielpradilla/sprint-kickoff-brief` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds add danielpradilla/sprint-kickoff-brief`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/danielpradilla/sprint-kickoff-brief/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: danielpradilla (https://skillmd.com/u/danielpradilla)
- Updated: 2026-08-19
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/danielpradilla/sprint-kickoff-brief

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# Sprint Kickoff Brief

Produce a clear, scannable sprint brief that every team member - engineer, designer, product management - can read in under three minutes and understand exactly what we're doing and why.

## Required Inputs

Ask the user for these if not provided:
- **Sprint name and number**
- **Sprint goal** (1-2 sentences - flag if too vague)
- **Ticket list with owners** (or a description of the work)
- **Known dependencies or blockers**
- **Carry-over items from previous sprint** (if any)

## Process
1. Read sprint goal and check it's specific and measurable - flag if it's too vague
2. Group tickets by theme or feature area
3. Identify the critical path - which tickets must complete for the sprint goal to be met?
4. Flag risks: tickets with unclear acceptance criteria, missing designs, unresolved dependencies
5. Note carry-over items and whether they affect this sprint's goal
6. **Validate** - Confirm the sprint goal is achievable given the ticket scope and capacity. If the critical path items alone would fill the sprint, flag it as overloaded.

## Output Structure

### Sprint [Number] Brief - [Dates]
**Sprint Goal:** [1-2 sentences - specific and measurable]
**Why This Sprint Matters:** [Connect to quarterly OKR in 2-3 sentences]

**What We're Building:**
- [Theme 1]: [tickets and owners]
- [Theme 2]: [tickets and owners]

**Critical Path:** [The 2-3 tickets everything else depends on]

**Risks to Flag:**
- [Risk 1 + mitigation]
- [Risk 2 + mitigation]

**Carry-over from Last Sprint:** [List + impact on current goal]

**Definition of Done:** [Specific, agreed criteria for sprint success]

## Quality Checks

- [ ] Sprint goal is specific enough to score pass/fail at the end of the sprint
- [ ] Critical path items are named - not just "the important ones"
- [ ] Every risk has a mitigation or owner (not just "this is a risk")
- [ ] Carry-over items are connected to their impact on this sprint's goal
- [ ] Definition of Done is agreed criteria, not a task list