gsd-plant-seed

To capture long-term ideas in milestone-driven planning workflows, you document the idea, its milestone trigger, and context breadcrumbs in a seed file under .planning/seeds/SEED-NNN-slug.md.

A seed file is a markdown document used to preserve forward-looking context and surface it automatically when the right milestone arrives. You need it when you want to save an idea without losing its original WHY.

You surface a captured idea by creating a seed that specifies WHEN to surface it. The milestone-tracking mechanism then evaluates and surfaces the seed automatically when that milestone arrives.

Yes, milestone tracking integrates with automated planning workflows by consuming seed files at .planning/seeds/SEED-NNN-slug.md. This preserves long-term context and triggers ideas during milestone evaluation.

The best way to preserve the WHY for a forward-looking idea is to capture it in a seed file. This documents the rationale, the surfacing milestone, and breadcrumbs to details for future context.

Milestone tracking systems need seed files to prevent losing long-term context for big ideas. Seeds provide the preserved WHY, WHEN to surface, and breadcrumbs required to trigger insights at the correct milestone.