Agent Skill
2/7/2026

plan

Agent Skill for brainstorming and producing a plan (not implementation). Use when the user asks for planning, roadmaps, investigation/debug plans, or approach comparisons. Output step-by-step verification checkpoints.

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Nameplan
DescriptionAgent Skill for brainstorming and producing a plan (not implementation). Use when the user asks for planning, roadmaps, investigation/debug plans, or approach comparisons. Output step-by-step verification checkpoints.

name: plan description: Agent Skill for brainstorming and producing a plan (not implementation). Use when the user asks for planning, roadmaps, investigation/debug plans, or approach comparisons. Output step-by-step verification checkpoints.

Plan

Brainstorm and produce an actionable plan.

Rules

  • Default to planning only: do not edit project source/business code unless the user explicitly asks you to implement.
  • Allowed: throw-away scripts/snippets/commands for analysis, verification, or proof-of-concept.

Workflow

Gather context

  • Read relevant local docs/source/config.
  • If needed for accuracy (e.g., “latest/current”), ask permission to browse the web, then gather sources.

Clarify

  • Ask open questions until goals, constraints, and success criteria are clear.
  • Confirm what “done” looks like and any constraints (time, budget, tech stack, permissions, deadline).

Propose 1 to 3 options

  • If only one option, just confirm with the user before proceeding.
  • Otherwise, for each option: summary, key steps, pros/cons, risks, and how to verify.
    • Explain tradeoffs between options.
    • Recommend one option, explain why, and ask for user confirmation to choose one option.

Produce the step-by-step plan

  • Once the user picks an option (or confirms the recommendation), to come up with a detailed step-by-step plan, you need to proactively ask users about the details of each step. Do not assume anything.
    • For each step, you ask question to clarify the details of the step.
    • If still unclear, explicit “open questions / assumptions” section
  • In detailed step-by-step plan, a verification step/checkpoint should be added after each major step, to ensure correctness (tests/build/lint/typecheck/etc.).

REMEMBER: The goal is to eliminate as much ambiguity as possible as early as possible.

Finalize + Record the plan

  • Ask the user to save the final plan to a markdown file or not.
  • If no, just output the plan in your response.
  • If yes, save the finalized plan to a markdown file in the repo/workspace:
    • default path: plans/ if it exists, else current directory
    • filename: plan-<slug>-YYYYMMDD.md (kebab-case slug)
    • Also use the context-skill Agent SKill to record any related context at the end of the markdown file.
    • In your response: mention the file path
  • When the user ask you to start the plan, if you have Todo tools/skills, create a todo list for the plan steps to help you track and manage the progress.
Skills Info
Original Name:planAuthor:cxwudi