02-user-stories

name	02-user-stories
description	Produces or refines ordered User Stories from an Epic, Product Brief, PRD, or bounded request. Use when the user wants to slice, write, assess, order, or persist Stories. Not for Epics or implementation.
argument-hint	request | epic

User Stories

flowchart LR
  source([request, Product Brief, PRD, Epic, or Stories]) --> frame --> slice --> write --> assess
  source -->|"already persisted"| finalize
  assess -->|"reshape"| slice
  assess --> estimation --> order --> finalize
  order -->|"reslice"| slice
  finalize -->|"revise"| write
  finalize -->|"authorized"| done([User Stories])

Actions

Run the flow above. Read only the next action file.

Action	Does
frame	resolve the source and Story scope
slice	find vertical deliverable slices
write	write Stories and acceptance
assess	determine readiness and blockers
estimation	estimate only when applicable
order	order only when useful
finalize	approve, persist, or transition

Transversal rules

• Keep product and lifecycle decisions with the user.
• Separate evidence, decisions, and assumptions.
• Preserve source links and existing edits.
• Ask natural questions; never expose actions, references, or unchanged state.
• Require explicit approval or caller-provided bounded authority before any write.
• Draft only after actor, need, and outcome are explicit in the source or confirmed.