nous-hermeshub /sprint-plan
Create a sprint plan for $ARGUMENTS with explicit capacity math, a carry-over check, and a definition-of-ready gate. The first token(s) of $ARGUMENTS are the sprint goal; a trailing number is treated as team capacity (story points or person-days). If no capacity is given, compute it in Phase 1 — never invent it.
Usage
/sprint-plan <goal> [capacity]
# e.g. /sprint-plan "Checkout v2 ready for beta" 34
Phase 1 — Capacity Math (do the arithmetic, show it)
- Raw capacity = team size × working days in sprint × focus factor (default 0.7; ask if unknown)
- Deductions — subtract, explicitly and line by line: holidays/PTO, on-call/support rotation, ceremonies (~10%), known interrupts
- Velocity cross-check — compare against the rolling average of the last 3 sprints' completed (not committed) points. If computed capacity exceeds trailing velocity by >15%, plan to trailing velocity and say so.
Output a small table: raw → deductions → net capacity → trailing velocity → planning number.
Phase 2 — Carry-Over Check (before adding anything new)
- List every item carried over from the last sprint (not Done at sprint close)
- Re-estimate remaining effort — never carry the original estimate
- Carry-over consumes capacity first; new scope only gets what is left
- If carry-over exceeds ~30% of capacity, flag it as a systemic over-commitment signal and recommend a smaller commitment this sprint, not a bigger push
Phase 3 — Definition-of-Ready Gate (per story)
A story may enter the committed scope only if all of these hold — otherwise it goes to "needs refinement", not the sprint:
- User story has a clear actor, action, and outcome (INVEST-compliant)
- Acceptance criteria written and testable
- Estimated by the team (not by the planner alone)
- Dependencies identified and either resolved or scheduled
- Small enough to finish within the sprint (split if not)
Generate INVEST-checked stories from an epic with:
python3 product-team/agile-product-owner/skills/agile-product-owner/scripts/user_story_generator.py
Phase 4 — Output Structure
- Sprint goal — one sentence; everything committed must serve it
- Capacity table — from Phase 1
- Carry-over — from Phase 2, listed first in committed scope
- Committed scope — stories that passed the DoR gate, summing to ≤ planning number
- Stretch scope — clearly separated; pulled only if committed scope finishes
- Risks and dependencies — with named owners
- DoR exceptions — empty if the gate was honored; otherwise justify each
Repo Assets (verified paths)
- Skill:
product-team/agile-product-owner/skills/agile-product-owner/SKILL.md - Sprint planning template:
product-team/agile-product-owner/skills/agile-product-owner/assets/sprint_planning_template.md - Sprint planning guide:
product-team/agile-product-owner/skills/agile-product-owner/references/sprint-planning-guide.md - Story generator:
product-team/agile-product-owner/skills/agile-product-owner/scripts/user_story_generator.py
Related
/sprint-health— mid-sprint health check/user-story— single-story generation with INVEST checks