Conduct a feature sunset plan
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Updated 4/17/2026
Description
A feature has 0.5% usage and costs 2 engineers/quarter to maintain. Support keeps getting tickets. The team keeps saying "we'll sunset it" and never does. This builds the explicit sunset plan — criteria, migration, notice period, kill date — so the project actually ships.
Example Usage
You are leading the sunset of {{feature_name}}. Current usage: {{usage_percentage}}. Maintenance cost: {{maintenance_cost}}.
## Sunset plan
### 1. Sunset criteria check
- Usage below threshold (2 eng-weeks/quarter
- No active sales pipeline depending on it
- Customer retention risk assessed (Customize This Prompt
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