PRD Taskmaster (Atlas Engine)

A zero-config engine that turns any goal into a validated PRD and a materialised board of executable tasks.

AutomationAdvanced★ 608⑂ 61AI score 9/10Last updated: Nov 4, 2026

What it does

Goal to tasks: Accepts any goal — software, pentest, business, learning — and runs adaptive, one-question-at-a-time discovery before writing anything.
Spec generation + validation: Produces a PRD and fails it on placeholder patterns (TBD, TODO, mustache leftovers), so only a GOOD+ spec advances through the phase gate.
Real task materialisation: Defaults to the Atlas Kanban path — hashes a storage-independent plan, materialises it, and reads canonical task IDs back. Existing .taskmaster/ projects are auto-detected and kept on the legacy TaskMaster file provider.
Backend resolution first: A mandatory Phase 0 decides between the atlas-engine MCP server and the dependency-free script.py fallback, and announces the choice in one line.
Opinionated handoff: Recommends exactly ONE execution mode (Verified Loop, Auto-Execute, or Plan & Drive) based on detected capabilities.

Who it's for

Solo developers and founders who are tired of hand-writing requirements docs and work breakdowns
Team leads running task-driven development inside Claude Code
Existing TaskMaster users who want automatic task validation and metadata enrichment
Advanced users who want parallel subagent research and complexity scoring

Examples

Run /atlas and say "I want to build a SaaS dashboard with recurring billing" — after a short discovery dialogue you get a validated PRD plus a task board with dependencies and priorities.
Invoke it in a repo that already has .taskmaster/tasks/tasks.json — it stays in legacy mode and runs validate-tasks / enrich-tasks to fill in missing phaseConfig metadata.
Hand it a non-code goal such as a penetration-test engagement or a certification study plan — the same pipeline emits a phased, dependency-aware task list.

· · · Install guide · · ·

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Install in the Claude app (no terminal)

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Open a terminal and make sure the skills directory exists: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
Clone the repository straight into the skills folder: git clone https://github.com/anombyte93/prd-taskmaster ~/.claude/skills/prd-taskmaster
Verify the contents: ls ~/.claude/skills/prd-taskmaster — you should see SKILL.md, script.py, and a phases/ directory.
Confirm Python 3 is available: python3 --version (the script needs no extra packages).
Smoke-test the engine: python3 ~/.claude/skills/prd-taskmaster/script.py engine-preflight and check that it returns JSON.
Restart Claude Code, then trigger it with /atlas, "write a PRD", or "I want to build …".
Optional: install the atlas-engine MCP server for MCP mode. Without it, the script.py CLI fallback is fully supported.

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