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 "generated": "2026-10-20",
 "id": "kharmanskyi-open-steps--keep-a-plain-language-project-status-file",
 "repo": "kharmanskyi/open-steps",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/kharmanskyi/open-steps",
 "repo_slug": "kharmanskyi-open-steps",
 "title": "Keep a plain-language status file for the whole project",
 "page_title": "How to keep a plain-language status file for the whole project with Open Steps",
 "summary": "Maintain one BIG-PICTURE.md with every feature, its progress, unused parts and queued work.",
 "who": "A product owner running several features with an agent who wants one standing view of where the project stands.",
 "problem": "Project status lives in scattered commits and session logs, so the owner cannot see the whole product or what is queued without reading code.",
 "outcome": "A BIG-PICTURE.md file in plain words that lists each feature and how far it got, unused parts, and the queue, with optional tickets opened in a tracker after your approval.",
 "steps": [
  "Run `git clone https://github.com/kharmanskyi/open-steps.git`",
  "Install the skills for your tool, then add the routing block",
  "Ask the agent where the project stands, so os-big-picture writes or updates BIG-PICTURE.md",
  "Review the file and reply yes or no to opening queued items as tickets"
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "In the open-steps repo at <repo-path>, use the os-big-picture skill to update BIG-PICTURE.md for the project at <project-path>. Expected output: a plain-language file listing each feature with its progress, any unused parts and the queued work. Verify that no task was invented and nothing was deleted.",
 "agents": [
  "claude-code",
  "codex",
  "cursor",
  "gemini-cli"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Advanced",
 "time": "45 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The README says the file stays out of your commits unless you add it yourself, so you must commit it deliberately if you want it shared.",
 "category": "Software and DevOps",
 "tags": [
  "Software and DevOps"
 ],
 "lang": "shell",
 "requirements": [
  "git, to download and update the pack",
  "One of Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cursor CLI or Gemini CLI installed",
  "gh, GitHub's command-line tool (optional; without it some output says \"not checked\")"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.7,
 "evidence": [],
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