wayfinder

Plans large multi-session efforts as decision-ticket maps on an issue tracker.

1|Updated Aug 24, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/yamcodes/the-hat --skill wayfinder-yamcodes
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: wayfinder
Source: https://github.com/yamcodes/the-hat/tree/main/skills/wayfinder
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/yamcodes/the-hat --skill wayfinder-yamcodes

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? Large, ambiguous efforts exceed what a single agent session can hold, leaving decisions scattered across chat history and blocking progress. Wayfinder charts the route to a destination as a shared map of decision tickets on the repo's issue tracker, resolving them one at a time until the way is clear. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Map as Index: Creates a single map issue (labelled wayfinder:map) holding the destination, notes, decisions-so-far, fog of war, and out-of-scope sections, with tickets as child issues. - Typed Decision Tickets: Classifies tickets as research (AFK), prototype (HITL), grilling (HITL), or task, each sized to one agent session and claimed via assignment to prevent concurrent-session conflicts. - Frontier Tracking: Uses the tracker's native blocking relationships so open, unblocked, unclaimed tickets form a visible frontier; resolving a ticket graduates fog into new tickets. - Use Case: A team faces a vague data-structure migration too big for one session. Wayfinder names the destination, fans out the open decisions breadth-first, creates research and grilling tickets, and works them one per session until the migration plan is fully decided. ## Quick Start Ask your AI assistant to chart a wayfinder map for a loosely defined effort, naming the destination and the first decisions to resolve.

Frequently Asked Questions about wayfinder

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

FAQPage Schema
How do I plan work too big for one agent session?▼

Chart a wayfinder map: name the destination, fan out the open decisions breadth-first, and create child-issue tickets on the issue tracker. Then work through the frontier one ticket per session until no decisions remain.

What is a decision ticket in issue tracker planning?▼

A decision ticket is a child issue whose resolution is a decision rather than a build slice. Each carries a type label (research, prototype, grilling, or task) and is sized to fit one 100K-token agent session.

Does wayfinder work with any issue tracker?▼

Wayfinder is tracker-agnostic but needs child issues, labels, assignment, and ideally native blocking relationships. The tracker-specific operations live in a tracker doc; if none is provided, it defaults to a local-markdown tracker.

How do concurrent agent sessions avoid claiming the same ticket?▼

A session claims a ticket by assigning it to the dev driving the map before any work begins. An open, unassigned ticket is unclaimed, so concurrent sessions skip assigned tickets automatically.

When should I not create a wayfinder map?▼

Skip the map when breadth-first grilling surfaces no fog, meaning the way to the destination is already clear and the whole journey fits in one session. In that case, stop and ask the user how to proceed directly.

What is the difference between fog of war and out of scope?▼

Fog of war is in-scope work toward the destination that cannot yet be phrased as a sharp ticket; it graduates into tickets as the frontier advances. Out of scope is work ruled beyond the destination and never graduates.