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Task Estimation

Turn fuzzy scope into a properly hedged estimate before anyone mistakes your number for a promise. This skill walks you through choosing the right sizing unit (story points, t-shirts, ranges), surfacing confidence and unknowns, comparing against anchors, and deciding whether to split the work or spike the risk first. It handles developer workflow, web/fullstack, product/ops, marketing/GTM, and game projects, and it separates discovery from delivery so you don't accidentally commit to fake precision. You get a clean estimate packet with uncertainty drivers, dependencies, and a forecast note explaining what the number actually means. Routes decomposition to task-planning and retrospectives to sprint-retrospective.

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$ npx -y skills add akillness/oh-my-skills --skill task-estimation --agent claude-code

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Task Estimation

Use this skill when the job is to turn messy scope into one estimate packet with the right horizon, honest uncertainty, and one next move.

task-estimation owns:

  • relative sizing before commitment
  • choosing the lightest credible estimate unit
  • confidence / uncertainty language
  • split-or-spike decisions
  • short forecast-safe translation notes
  • cross-functional burden visibility for launch or game work

Read these support docs before unusual cases or when the request starts to sprawl:

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github.com/akillness/oh-my-skills
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Jun 3, 2026

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