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tiny-stepping

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About tiny-stepping

A development skill for implementing changes in small, reviewable increments, aimed at coding agents and collaborative implementation. It requires feedback and a commit after each step before proceeding.

Key features

  1. 01Break work into small increments
  2. 02Agree on each step before implementation
  3. 03Review changes after each step
  4. 04Check direction with feedback
  5. 05Commit before continuing

Use cases

  1. 01Implementing a feature through reviewable changes
  2. 02Reducing risk when requirements may shift
  3. 03Keeping each code change independently understandable

Install

Copy the command and run it in a terminal.

$npx skills add https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot --skill tiny-stepping

After installing, type/tiny-steppingin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.

Details

From the project README

Tiny Stepping

Drive implementation in the smallest possible meaningful increments, pausing for feedback after each step so the work stays reviewable and easy to course-correct.

Purpose

  • Make the smallest possible meaningful change at each step
  • Get user feedback after every step before proceeding
  • Reduce risk of going in the wrong direction
  • Keep changes reviewable and easy to understand

Workflow

  1. Agree on the next tiny step
  2. Implement only that step — nothing more
  3. Review uncommitted changes together to verify the step looks right
  4. Short check-in: is this the right direction?
  5. Commit the step before moving on
  6. Agree on the next step
  7. Repeat

Principles

  • One concern per step — don't mix unrelated changes
  • Each step should be independently understandable
  • Prefer compiling/working state after each step
  • Don't anticipate future steps — wait for feedback first
  • If a step feels too big, split it further

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