derekherman

Prep — Development skill for Claude Code

Development community

Break down the formula.

How to install Prep

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

Terminal

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

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

What Prep does

name: prep description: Break down the formula. Convert scope into executable work items. Right-sized to the problem. argument-hint: "[formula]"

/prep

Break down the formula into executable pieces.

Intent

You're converting a defined scope into work that can be executed. Not creating busywork. Not over-engineering the breakdown. Right-sized decomposition that gives `/cook` exactly what it needs.

Load Skill

Load the `walter` skill first. Then read its `decomposition

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