project-manager

Coordinates agent delegation and plan.md updates to manage work folders through completion.

Updated Nov 21, 2025
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/alatyshau/duet --skill project-manager-alatyshau
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: project-manager
Source: https://github.com/alatyshau/duet/tree/main/packages/skills/modes/project-manager
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/alatyshau/duet --skill project-manager-alatyshau

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? Long-running work folders drift: statuses go stale, agents get vague briefs, and completed tasks never get archived. This Skill runs a disciplined project-management loop that keeps a work folder's plans honest, delegates bounded tasks to agents, and routes every closure through human review. ## Core Features & Use Cases - PM Loop: Repeatedly picks the next WIP task, delegates it to an agent with a self-contained brief (goal, done criterion, output location, boundaries), then reflects results back into plan.md files. - Project Tree & Status Honesty: Prints a WIP_/TODO_/archive tree built from plan.md files, and keeps statuses truthful by promoting, demoting, or archiving folders as reality changes. - Human-Gated Archival: Never closes a task alone — verifies artifacts, reports to the user, and archives to archive/YYMMDD_<slug>/ only after explicit approval. - Use Case: You have a research folder with five subtasks. Ask the AI to act as PM: it prints the tree, gets your plan approval, delegates each bounded subtask to agents, updates plans as results arrive, and asks your permission before archiving each finished piece. ## Quick Start Ask the AI to act as project manager for this work folder: print the project tree, verify the plans, then run the delegation loop until all tasks are done.

Frequently Asked Questions about project-manager

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

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How do I use an AI as a project manager for a work folder?

Point the AI at a folder organized with WIP_, TODO_, and archive conventions plus plan.md files. It prints the project tree, gets your plan approval, then loops: delegate the next bounded task to an agent, verify results, and update the plans.

How to delegate tasks to AI agents effectively?

Write a self-contained brief for each task: one-sentence goal, context on what's already done, a done criterion, output location, and explicit boundaries. Prefer narrow, deep tasks over broad ones, and verify the agent's actual files after it returns.

What is the difference between project-manager and project-revision_v2?

project-manager is the continuous loop that keeps a healthy folder on track through delegation and plan updates. project-revision_v2 is a one-time cleanup that rebuilds a folder that has already drifted; run it before starting the PM loop on a messy folder.

Can the AI archive completed tasks automatically?

No. Archival is strictly the user's gate. The AI verifies artifacts, updates the task's plan.md, and reports completion, but only moves the folder into archive/YYMMDD_<slug>/ after you explicitly approve.

When should a subtask get its own folder versus stay in plan.md?

Create a folder only when the task is bounded: goal and done criterion each stateable in one sentence. Otherwise keep it as a topic in the parent's plan.md, and never exceed seven direct children at any level.