executing-plans

Automating development plan execution involves loading a written plan, creating TodoWrite tasks, executing them in structured batches, verifying outcomes, and reporting progress at critical review checkpoints before continuing to the next batch.

A batch execution workflow is a session-based process that executes plan tasks in defined groups, pauses at critical review checkpoints to verify outcomes and surface concerns to the human partner, and reports status to prevent scope creep before continuing.

Preventing scope creep during plan implementation requires applying critical review loops that challenge the written plan before starting, executing tasks in controlled batches, and verifying outcomes with human partners at each checkpoint to ensure strict alignment.

Yes, the batch execution process integrates with downstream skills like finishing-a-development-branch, providing a structured handoff after plan tasks are systematically implemented, verified, and reported through the session-based workflow.

Session-based plan execution with review checkpoints requires a pre-written plan file to load and depends on human interaction at critical review loops, making it unsuitable for fully autonomous pipelines or workflows lacking a documented implementation plan.

Tracking task status during batch execution is handled by creating TodoWrite tasks from the loaded plan, executing them in defined batches, and reporting progress after each batch to maintain clear status tracking throughout the development workflow.