derekherman

Formula — Development skill for Claude Code

Development community

Define the formula.

How to install Formula

Installs to ~/.claude/commands/derekherman-walter-formula.md

Terminal

mkdir -p ~/.claude/commands && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/derekherman/walter/HEAD/.claude/commands/formula.md -o ~/.claude/commands/derekherman-walter-formula.md

Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.

What Formula does

name: formula description: Define the formula. Scope the problem, challenge assumptions, establish success criteria. No formula, no cook. argument-hint: "[goal]"

/formula

Define the formula before cooking.

Intent

You're defining what to build before building it. Challenge assumptions, scope properly, establish clear success criteria. No half measures on the thinking.

Load Skill

Load the `walter` skill first. Then read its `planning` and `decomposition` references.

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