ck:plans-kanban

To visualize project progress from plan.md files, this Skill consolidates plan metadata into an interactive dashboard. It aggregates plans from plan.md directories, providing per-plan progress bars, timelines, and rich metadata for project visibility.

The best way to track plan timelines and metadata is by using a Node.js server with a Gray-matter frontmatter parser. This approach extracts dates, effort, priority, and tags to generate Kanban-style plan boards for quick status checks.

Gray-matter frontmatter parsing works by scanning plan.md directories to extract rich metadata like dates, effort, priority, and tags. The plan-scanner processes this metadata to render interactive HTML UI and API endpoints for reporting.

Yes, you can use a Node.js server stack to expose an HTML UI and API endpoints for project plans. The dashboard renderer aggregates plan.md files, enabling managers to review plan health at a glance and drill into details via the viewer.

Yes, you need to structure your project plans as plan.md directories because the plan-scanner aggregates metadata from these specific files. The dashboard renderer uses this directory structure to consolidate timelines and phase statuses.

A limitation of using markdown frontmatter for monitoring project plan progress is that metadata extraction depends entirely on the Gray-matter parser reading valid plan.md files. If frontmatter is missing dates or priority tags, the dashboard cannot render accurate progress bars.