# Decompose

> Use after the repo is seeded to run the D-000 five-lens decomposition, record persistent schema decisions, define slice one, and start the deltas file. Also use when a stays-ahead decision (decomposition, schema) must be revisited. Do not use for per-slice implementation decisions; those are D-0xx record-gaps raised during implement.

- Skill: `teklabsdigital/decompose` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add teklabsdigital/decompose`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/teklabsdigital/decompose/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: teklabsdigital (https://skillmd.com/u/teklabsdigital)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/teklabsdigital/decompose

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# X2 Decompose (D-000)

The one place where the model's whole-solution-space view beats the human's slice-by-slice view,
and the decisions a slice cannot cheaply reverse. Everything else stays reversible and waits.

## The five-lens session

Decompose the story set under five imposed lenses, one pass each, no code: data flow, failure
domain, change frequency, team boundary, trust boundary. Look at what disagrees between the five
decompositions; the disagreements are where the real shape decision lives. Choose a shape. Record
the choice and the four rejected shapes with reasons as `D-000-decomposition.md` in
`docs/decisions/`.

D-000 also records:

- The story set from gate 1. D-000 is the source of truth for it; there is no separate
  requirements document (the pilot's turn 8b defect was creating one).
- The recorded product decisions from ideation.
- The persistent schema decisions. Schema is the second stays-ahead asset; approving it is a human
  turn, and every later migration is an unconditional human turn, every time.
- The slice-one definition: the smallest slice that ships real user-visible value end to end.
  Build scope and design scope are separate rulings: the build is slice-first, the design is
  whole-product (MET-03); record both.

## The launch and exposure pre-flight

Applies when the product will ship to a public audience; rule each concern IN or OUT now, so none
of it arrives as ad-hoc directives at the end (record: NS-2, NS-3):

- The estate question: does this greenfield app land inside an existing brand estate (styles,
  domains, policies, analytics) that is not greenfield?
- Exposure values: serving domain, sender addresses, public identifiers, entry points. These are
  ruled before first use, never assumed; an assumed value propagates into green artifacts and
  surfaces late.
- Launch concerns: brand chrome and legal pages, discoverability (robots, sitemaps, social and
  AI-readability), analytics, abuse pricing, and edge hardening.

Also read the cross-project churn table in the method's `record/negative-space.md`: it names the
decision types history says will churn. Pre-decide the pre-decidable ones here; budget the
iteration-inherent ones (story refinement, model selection, content voice) instead of fighting
them. For the marked chronic churn types, record a confidence and a "wrong-if" line on the
decision so reality can trip it later.

## The deltas file

Start `deltas.md`: how this project differs from the edition it was seeded from, which the
kernel-provenance row names. It grows as the build surfaces differences; it never restates what
that edition already says.

## Human-turn contract

- Human turns here: the shape choice, schema approval, slice-scope ruling. These are stays-ahead
  decisions and are not counted in the per-slice metric.
- Anything presented for a ruling is put in plain language, the owner's own words; method
  vocabulary rides alongside, never instead. A ruling made on a summary the owner cannot parse on
  first read is no ruling at all (P3).
- No MET-07 gate of its own; gate 2 belongs to the design step that follows.

## What this skill must NOT produce

- No screens, no prototype, no acceptance criteria, no tests, no code.
- No detailed per-module design; a single-service module is legal and the shape decision is the
  module boundary, not the internals.

## Next

design, carrying D-000 and the behaviour spec.