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Imported from nickcrew/claude-cortex (skills/development-estimation/SKILL.md). Install upstream with npx skills add nickcrew/claude-cortex --skill development-estimation. Copyright stays with the author.

Development Estimation

Name: development-estimation
Author: nickcrew

Overview

Create consistent, defensible estimates by breaking scope into components, identifying risks, and providing confidence intervals.

When to Use

Estimating feature or project scope
Providing effort or complexity estimates
Delivering risk-aware breakdowns

Avoid when:

The task is trivial or a rough gut-check is sufficient
Requirements are unknown and need discovery first

Quick Reference

Task	Load reference
Estimation workflow	`skills/development-estimation/references/estimate.md`

Workflow

Define scope and estimation type (time/effort/complexity).
Load the estimation reference for structure.
Break into components and dependencies.
Add risks and confidence intervals.
Deliver estimate with assumptions.

Output

Estimate with breakdown and confidence interval
Assumptions, risks, and validation notes

Common Mistakes

Estimating without clear scope
Ignoring risk and dependency factors
Overstating precision beyond available data

Use it

Copy one of these into your project. Installing also returns the manifest and these snippets.

yaml

targets:
  - https://api.opensmartroute.ai/api/v1/registry/nickcrew-claude-cortex-development-estimation/manifest   # or paste the manifest below

Manifest

An Open Capability Manifest: the router reads it to know what this does, what it costs and when to pick it.

nickcrew-claude-cortex-development-estimation.ocm.jsonjson

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  "version": "1.0.0",
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    "source": {
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Fetch it by URL: GET /api/v1/registry/nickcrew-claude-cortex-development-estimation/manifest?version=1.0.0

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