create-beads: add an independence heuristic for the epic-vs-single-bead choice#2
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create-beads framed the multi-task/small-feature split by size only. Add a short heuristic prompting the independence question (shared files / sequential dependency) at creation time, so independent work becomes sibling tasks under an epic that bd ready can surface in parallel, and coupled work stays a single bead. Tracked downstream as loom-7bn.
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…uristic upstream-a-bead canary (loom-k2g.7) — first end-to-end dogfood of the --issue+pr lane (doc-change framing, prose-only upstream). - Filed: pprice/beadpowers#2 (PR) + #1 (issue) — adds an epic-vs-single-bead independence heuristic to create-beads. - Watch-bead loom-7nq (upstream:watch, blocked-by loom-7bn) tracks the merge via /check-upstream-prs. - Closes work-bead loom-7bn, canary loom-k2g.7, AND the loom-k2g epic (all 7 children done; recipe validated). - Friction follow-ups: loom-bqz (prose-only sub-lane + trivial-PR inline escape) + loom-7f3 (install-invocability assertion). - Design source: drawer_loom_decisions_aa11fe3d98a3afe735853668. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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…close loom-k2g epic
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Summary
Adds a short "Epic or one bead?" heuristic to
create-beads(skills/create-beads/SKILL.md,## Structure).The existing Structure section frames the epic-vs-standalone choice by size ("Multi-task features" vs "Small features"). This adds the question that actually governs how the beads get worked — independence: are the candidate items independent (no shared files, no sequential dependency)?
bd readysurfaces them in parallel.Plus a "default to one bead when unsure" tie-breaker.
Closes #1.
Change
Six added lines in
skills/create-beads/SKILL.md, slotted between the "Small features" example and## Task Guidelines. Prose-only; matches the surrounding terse, example-led voice of the skill.Verification
beadpowers has no test harness (it's a markdown-skills plugin), so there's no automated test to add. Verified manually:
grep -i 'independ\|coupled\|sibling' skills/create-beads/SKILL.md→ no match (the heuristic was absent).git diff --stat→ 1 file, +6).Notes
loom-7bn.