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define-goal

Turn a fuzzy intention into a concrete, measurable goal with success criteria before work starts. Covers goal creation and refinement only.

Kind
Skill
Works with
Codex, Claude Code
Source
openai/skills @ 49f948faa925
Path
skills/.curated/define-goal/SKILL.md
License
Apache-2.0
Jobs
Requirements interviews, Planning
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# Define Goal

## Overview

Shape the user's intent into an objective an agent can pursue honestly. Prefer measurable outcomes, explicit evidence, and bounded scope over activity descriptions.

This skill covers goal definition and goal-tool creation only. Do not create intermediate planning artifacts, durable snapshots, ledgers, decision logs, or resume files from this skill.

## Workflow

1. Confirm that goal definition is actually needed.
   - Use this skill when the user asks for `$define-goal`, asks to create or set a goal, asks for the goal tool, or wants help turning an intention into a clear objective.
   - If the user only asks for ordinary implementation work, do the work directly instead of forcing goal creation.

2. Restate the likely goal in concrete terms.
   A usable goal names:
   - the specific outcome that will be true
   - the main artifact, system, repo, environment, or user-facing behavior involved
   - how completion will be verified
   - what is in scope
   - what is out of scope when ambiguity would matter
   - the stop condition for asking the user instead of grinding

3. Make it quantitative when the domain supports it.
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