What problem does it solve?
The plan skill converts PM planning triggers into a decision-weight plan document with the right altitude, evidence, and review gates, so complex implementation work doesn’t start with ambiguity or wrong substrate.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Triage plan vs. alternative doctrine: Determines when to create a plan, when to use shape/brainstorm harnesses, and when to surface architectural-tier concerns to the PM.
- Pre-write substrate verification: Confirms problem shape, validates file paths and framework seams against disk, performs negative-search for prior teardown reversals, and checks cross-plan coordination needs.
- Doctrine-based plan composition: Applies PM lenses (scope mode, acceptance criteria testability, refactor vs patch, YAGNI, “soon=now”), structures executor handoffs, and forces
coordinator:review for non-trivial plans.
Quick Start
Use the plan skill when the EM is about to draft implementation for decision-weight work by invoking it with the prompt “write a plan” or “break this down” for the PM’s request.
