What is the Sprint Planner skill for Claude Code?

It is a specialized capability that assists teams in organizing agile sprints by analyzing backlogs, estimating capacity, and identifying project risks.

How does it calculate team capacity?

The skill evaluates team availability, historical velocity, and subtracts a 15-20% buffer for bugs and technical debt to provide a realistic story point target.

Can it identify project blockers?

Yes, the skill is designed to map dependencies between stories and external teams, helping to identify the critical path and potential blockers before the sprint starts.

Does it provide a summary for stakeholders?

Yes, it generates a standardized sprint summary including the sprint goal, duration, committed stories, and a risk/mitigation table.

Sprint Planner

Name: Sprint Planner
Author: dills122

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Collaboration Tools

Facilitates structured agile sprint planning by calculating team capacity, selecting prioritized backlog items, and identifying project risks.

The Sprint Planner skill streamlines the agile planning process by helping teams transition from a raw backlog to a committed sprint plan. It intelligently analyzes team availability and historical velocity to ensure realistic scope commitments, while simultaneously identifying complex dependencies and critical path blockers. By incorporating capacity buffers for technical debt and unexpected bugs, this skill helps Project Owners and developers establish clear sprint goals and actionable mitigation strategies for identified risks.

Key Features

01Automated team capacity estimation and velocity analysis

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03Comprehensive dependency mapping and critical path identification

04Standardized sprint goal and summary report generation

05Proactive risk assessment and mitigation planning

06Intelligent story selection based on Definition of Ready (DoR)

Use Cases

01Visualizing cross-story dependencies to prevent development bottlenecks

02Balancing incoming feature requests against current team availability and PTO

03Preparing for a bi-weekly sprint planning session using historical velocity data

Key Features

01Automated team capacity estimation and velocity analysis

021 GitHub stars

03Comprehensive dependency mapping and critical path identification

04Standardized sprint goal and summary report generation

05Proactive risk assessment and mitigation planning

06Intelligent story selection based on Definition of Ready (DoR)

Use Cases

01Visualizing cross-story dependencies to prevent development bottlenecks

02Balancing incoming feature requests against current team availability and PTO

03Preparing for a bi-weekly sprint planning session using historical velocity data