What problem does it solve? Large features, refactors, and migrations often go wrong when coding starts before the idea is researched and scoped. This Skill enforces a disciplined workflow — read specs, research the codebase and web, pressure-test assumptions, then split work into approval-gated phases — so wrong directions are caught before thousands of lines are written. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Spec-anchored research: Reads product specs (SPEC.md, PRD.md, external docs), detects monorepo structure, and scopes research to only the relevant areas with parallel Explore agents. - Approval-gated planning: Produces a .plan/<slug>/ folder with specs.md, research.md, decisions.md, an HTML plan overview, and one detailed Markdown file per phase, each gated by explicit user approval. - Phased execution with validation: Fans out parallel agents per task within a phase, reconciles their output, runs tests, then has a blind three-agent validator panel (acceptance, correctness, regressions) review the result before the user sees it. - Use Case: You want to add a major feature to a monorepo. The Skill reads your PRD, scopes research to apps/mobile and services/api, challenges the approach, writes a reviewable HTML plan, then builds phase by phase — stopping for your approval at every gate. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to plan a new feature or project before writing any code, for example by saying "help me plan this project" or invoking /plan-phases.