mini-piv

What This Skill Does

The mini-piv skill is an optimized, discovery-driven workflow engine designed for developers who want to bypass the overhead of formal Product Requirement Documents (PRDs). It acts as a lightweight agent orchestrator that initiates a conversational discovery process, generates an actionable Product Requirement Plan (PRP) on the fly, and manages the full execution, validation, and debugging loop for small-to-medium feature implementation. By utilizing a modular sub-agent architecture, mini-piv allows the OpenClaw agent to break down tasks, assign specific roles (Research, Execution, Validation, Debugging), and maintain a strict quality-focused pipeline without requiring the user to spend time drafting documentation up front.

Installation

To install this skill, run the following command in your terminal within your OpenClaw environment:

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/smokealot420/mini-piv

Ensure that your OpenClaw agent is initialized and that you have the necessary write permissions in your project directory to allow the agent to generate PRPs and modify codebase files.

Use Cases

• Rapid Prototyping: Quickly spinning up a new API endpoint or UI component based on a verbal requirement.
• Minor Refactoring: Applying stylistic changes or minor logic updates across a specific component directory without a formal ticket.
• Small Feature Additions: Adding toggles, simple data validations, or minor integration hooks where formal PRD ceremony is overkill.

Example Prompts

1. "@mini-piv add a dark mode toggle to the user settings page, following our existing theme provider pattern."
2. "@mini-piv help me create a new validation middleware for the auth router in /server/middleware/."
3. "@mini-piv implement a simple search input for the dashboard that filters by local state."

Tips & Limitations

• Be Specific in Discovery: Although the skill skips formal PRDs, your answers to the 5-question discovery phase dictate the success of the PRP generation.
• Small Scope Only: This skill is optimized for features that can be implemented in a single session. For large-scale architectural migrations, consider using the full-scale PIV workflow.
• Validation Loops: If the validator finds gaps, the skill will automatically trigger the debugger. Ensure your codebase has sufficient unit tests for the best results.