A ruthless project management skill designed to shrink oversized creative visions into actionable, finishable weekend projects.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install hobby-project-scope-cutter
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install hobby-project-scope-cutter using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Hobby Project Scope Cutter?
The Hobby Project Scope Cutter is an essential tool for creators who struggle with project paralysis. It takes expansive ideas for games, podcasts, crafts, or websites and aggressively trims them down to their core essence. By focusing on what truly defines 'done,' this skill helps you overcome the overwhelm of a massive vision.
Built to leverage the framework of Openclaw Skills, this tool forces creators to prioritize execution over perfection. It serves as a digital editor for your imagination, ensuring that you actually ship a completed project rather than leaving another unfinished draft in your digital drawer.
Hobby Project Scope Cutter Use Cases
- Reducing a complex game design idea into a 2-hour playable prototype.
- Scaling back a month-long gardening plan into a single-weekend planting session.
- Turning a vague podcast series concept into a shareable first episode draft.
- Trimming a feature-heavy web application into a core MVP that proves the concept.
How Hobby Project Scope Cutter Works
- The user provides a three-sentence description of their project vision, audience, and definition of success.
- The skill analyzes the input to identify core components and non-essential 'feature creep.'
- It generates three distinct scope levels: a 2-hour version, a 1-day version, and a 1-weekend version.
- The skill provides a specific list of items to cut and identifies the necessary tools or materials.
- It outputs a single, concrete first step to trigger immediate action.
Hobby Project Scope Cutter Setup
To integrate this scope-cutting logic into your environment using Openclaw Skills, run the following command:
openclaw install hobby-scope-cutter
Once installed, you can initialize the cutter by describing your project vision to your AI agent.
Hobby Project Scope Cutter Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill organizes project data into a structured hierarchy based on time-to-completion:
| Level | Focus | Deliverable |
|---|---|---|
| Micro | 2 Hours | Proof of Concept |
| Standard | 1 Day | Shareable First Draft |
| Complete | 1 Weekend | Polished, Usable Version |
It also generates a cut_list.md and a required_tools.json to track what is being removed and what remains essential for the build.
Hobby Project Scope Cutter Advanced Features
- Multi-tier versioning to allow users to scale up only after completing the base layer.
- Resource constraints analysis to ensure the project matches available materials.
- Immediate-action benchmarking to identify the 'First Concrete Step' required to break procrastination.
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