Skills

aid-design-mvp

Frontmatter

name — aid-design-mvp
description — Draw the MVP line as a DESIGN SEED in .aid/design/mvp.md — what is in the first shippable slice, what defers, and the reason for each cut. Use this skill when what the first shippable slice should contain is still an open question. Grounded in the Knowledge Base (.aid/knowledge/) and the project source. It WRITES NO KB DOCUMENT and NO production code — realize the seed into roadmap.md’s ## MVP section with /aid-create-mvp once it is ready. For direction beyond the first slice, use /aid-design-roadmap instead. Produced by the aid-architect agent and independently verified by aid-reviewer (full verify). Allocates a work-NNN folder.
allowed-tools — Read, Glob, Grep, Bash, Write, Edit, Agent
argument-hint — <slice> — what belongs in the first shippable slice, and what to cut

Definition: canonical/skills/aid-design-mvp/SKILL.md

Flow

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  classDef aidEntry fill:#166534,stroke:#14532d,color:#fff
  classDef aidExit fill:#991b1b,stroke:#7f1d1d,color:#fff
  classDef aidDecision fill:#92400e,stroke:#78350f,color:#fff
  classDef aidLoopBack fill:#1e3a8a,stroke:#1e3a8a,color:#fff
  classDef aidStep fill:#1a2035,stroke:#d4a853,color:#f1f5f9
  n1(["INTAKE"])
  n2["DESIGN"]
  n3["VERIFY"]
  n4["PRESENT<br/>hard stop -- the user decides"]
  n5(["DONE"])
  n1 --> n2
  n2 --> n3
  n3 -.-> n2
  n3 --> n4
  n4 --> n5
  class n1 aidEntry
  class n2 aidStep
  class n3 aidLoopBack
  class n4 aidStep
  class n5 aidExit
  class n1 aidNode
  class n2 aidNode
  class n3 aidNode
  class n4 aidNode
  class n5 aidNode

Source fragments

Every node in the chart above, in chart order, with the exact canonical/ text it was derived from.

1 · INTAKE · entry

## State: INTAKE

1. **Require a subject.** Empty argument -> ask one bootstrapping question ("What
   belongs in the first shippable slice, and what should defer?") and wait.
2. **Allocate, exactly per `design-lifecycle.md § Skill shape -- Allocation`** -- the Work
   Initiation Gate, then `initiator: aid-design-mvp`, `active_skill: aid-design-mvp`,
   `pipeline.path: lite`, `lifecycle: Running`. `phase` is not driven.
3. **Acquire `.aid/design/`.** Per `design-lifecycle.md § Before writing a seed` -- ensure
   the folder exists and seed its `README.md` on first use, before writing anything.
4. **Read the existing seed, if one is present.** `.aid/design/mvp.md` -- re-invocation
   iterates the same seed rather than starting over.
5. **Classify complexity (model + effort)** for the `aid-architect` dispatch below;
   verifier tier >= producer tier (`agent-dispatch-tiering.md`).

Source: canonical/skills/aid-design-mvp/SKILL.md#L39-L51 · full step: canonical/skills/aid-design-mvp/SKILL.md#L39-L53

2 · DESIGN · step

## State: DESIGN

Dispatch **`aid-architect`** (clean context, tiered) to develop or iterate the seed,
grounded in `.aid/knowledge/` and the project source, plus the seed read in INTAKE if one
exists. Draws out: **the line -- what is in the first shippable slice, what defers, and
the reason for each cut.**

Source: canonical/skills/aid-design-mvp/SKILL.md#L57-L62 · full step: canonical/skills/aid-design-mvp/SKILL.md#L57-L69

3 · VERIFY · loop-back

## State: VERIFY

**Full verify** -- exactly as `design-lifecycle.md § Skill shape -- "Full verify"`
defines it. Not clean -> loop to DESIGN; the circuit-breaker there governs escalation to
IMPEDIMENT + `lifecycle: Blocked`.

Source: canonical/skills/aid-design-mvp/SKILL.md#L73-L77 · full step: canonical/skills/aid-design-mvp/SKILL.md#L73-L79

4 · PRESENT — hard stop — the user decides · step

## State: PRESENT (hard stop -- the user decides)

Set `lifecycle: Paused-Awaiting-Input`. Present the seed clearly. Assert no resolution --
the user decides whether to iterate further (re-invoke this skill) or realize it now
(`/aid-create-mvp`).

Source: canonical/skills/aid-design-mvp/SKILL.md#L83-L87 · full step: canonical/skills/aid-design-mvp/SKILL.md#L83-L89

5 · DONE · exit · UNSPECIFIED

## State: DONE

Set `lifecycle: Completed`, `updated` now, append a `## Lifecycle History` row. The seed
stays at `.aid/design/mvp.md` -- consumption happens at `/aid-create-mvp`, not here.

Source: canonical/skills/aid-design-mvp/SKILL.md#L93-L96 · full step: canonical/skills/aid-design-mvp/SKILL.md#L93-L96

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