Milestone

/milestone -- Milestone Planning (Gate 3)

Breaks an approved PRD and architecture document into milestone-scoped feature breakdowns with acceptance criteria, ordering, and sizing. Each invocation defines one milestone. Supports revision mode for scope changes to existing milestones. Gate 3 stays [~] In progress across invocations -- closure is handled by /project.

Rules

• Read fresh every time. Read progress.txt from disk on every invocation -- never rely on conversation memory (STATE-03).
• Produce-then-review at every milestone. Produce the full milestone README, present it, offer Approve / Revise / Partial (D-01).
• All checklist items must be resolved. Every review checklist item must be [x] or [-] (N/A with reason) before recording approval.
• Write-ordering contract. When updating state files: write milestone-status.txt first, then progress.txt (STATE-04).
• Interactive prompts. Use AskUserQuestion for all user-facing choices (2-4 options, max 12-character headers).
• No auto-dispatch. Tell the user what to run next after completion. Never auto-invoke another skill.
• Gate 3 stays open. /milestone NEVER writes [x] to Gate 3 in progress.txt -- only [~] In progress. Gate 3 closure is /project's responsibility (D-05).

Prerequisites

• Working directory is the project root (where progress.txt lives).
• progress.txt must exist. If it does not, instruct the user to run /project first to bootstrap project state.
• Gate 2 must be [x] approved in progress.txt (MIL-01).

Step 1 -- Detect Mode and State

Read progress.txt from the project root. Parse # Project-ID: <slug> from the header and construct the artifact base path: .project/<slug>/. If the header is missing, report the error and tell the user to run /project first to bootstrap a Project-ID.

Prerequisite check (MIL-01): If Gate 2 is not [x] approved in progress.txt, inform the user: "Gate 2 (Design Review) must be approved before milestone planning. Run /design to complete the architecture document first." Do not proceed. End the session.

Read the prd.md Milestones section.

Mode detection -- 4 branches:

1. First invocation: prd.md Milestones section is (to be defined) AND no .project/<slug>/milestones/ directories exist --> proceed to Step 2.
2. Subsequent invocation: prd.md Milestones section is populated AND some milestones lack directories under .project/<slug>/milestones/ --> proceed to Step 3.
3. Revision mode: Target milestone directory already exists under .project/<slug>/milestones/ (D-10) --> proceed to Step 5. If the user specified a milestone number or name, use that. Otherwise use AskUserQuestion to ask which milestone to revise.
4. All milestones defined: prd.md Milestones section is populated AND all milestones have directories under .project/<slug>/milestones/ --> inform the user all milestones are defined. Suggest running /project to check gate status or specify a milestone number for revision.

Step 2 -- First Invocation: Propose Milestone Plan

Read references/gate-3-milestone.md for the complete Gate 3 specification.

Follow the "First Invocation" section of the gate-3-milestone specification to:

1. Read prd.md and .project/<slug>/docs/ARCHITECTURE_AND_DESIGN.md (MIL-02).
2. Propose full milestone plan with summaries and ordering (D-07, D-01).
3. Present tradeoff callouts (D-03).
4. Approve/Revise cycle.
5. Persist approved plan in prd.md Milestones section (D-08).
6. Define milestone #1 (Step 4) or allow user to defer.

Step 3 -- Subsequent Invocation: Select Milestone

Read references/gate-3-milestone.md for the complete Gate 3 specification.

Follow the "Subsequent Invocation" section to:

1. Auto-select next undefined milestone (D-09).
2. User can override to target a specific milestone.
3. Proceed to Step 4 (Define Milestone).

Step 4 -- Define and Review Milestone

Follow the "Define Individual Milestone" and "Review Phase" sections of gate-3-milestone.md to:

1. Generate README.md, milestone-status.txt, gate-3-review.md (MIL-03, MIL-04, MIL-05, MIL-06).
2. Update progress.txt -- write milestone-status.txt first, then progress.txt (STATE-04, MIL-07, MIL-09).
3. Present for review (MIL-08).
4. Validate checklist (MIL-06).

Proceed to Step 6.

Step 5 -- Revision Mode

Read references/revision-mode.md for the complete revision mode specification.

Follow the revision-mode specification to:

1. Load existing milestone artifacts (MIL-10).
2. Present feature checklist for impact assessment (MIL-11, D-11).
3. Preserve completed features (MIL-12).
4. Apply focused revision (D-12).
5. Update milestone-status.txt, progress.txt, prd.md -- write milestone-status.txt first (STATE-04, MIL-13).
6. Generate fresh gate-3-review.md (D-13).

Proceed to Step 6.

Step 6 -- Completion Report

Display summary:

MILESTONE DEFINED: [Milestone NN: Name]  (or MILESTONE REVISED)

ARTIFACTS CREATED:  (or ARTIFACTS UPDATED)
- .project/<slug>/milestones/<NN>-<name>/README.md
- .project/<slug>/milestones/<NN>-<name>/milestone-status.txt
- .project/<slug>/milestones/<NN>-<name>/reviews/gate-3-review.md

STATE UPDATED:
- progress.txt (Gate 3: [~] In progress, milestone summary line)
- prd.md (Milestones section)

NEXT: Run /milestone for the next milestone, or /project to check gate status.

For revision mode, also show:

FEATURES AFFECTED: N reset to pending
FEATURES PRESERVED: M unchanged

Error Handling

• Missing progress.txt: Do not proceed. Tell the user to run /project first to bootstrap project state.
• Gate 2 not approved: Do not proceed. Tell the user to run /design first (MIL-01).
• Missing prd.md: Report inconsistency -- Gate 2 is marked approved but prd.md is missing. Suggest running /project to check state.
• Missing ARCHITECTURE_AND_DESIGN.md: Report inconsistency -- Gate 2 is marked approved but architecture doc is missing. Suggest running /project to check state.
• Interrupted session: User can re-invoke /milestone. Skill re-reads progress.txt and prd.md to detect correct mode and resume from appropriate state.