planning-with-files

You can manage complex multi-step tasks using a file-based planning system with persistent markdown files. This approach structures workflow through task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md to meticulously record steps and prevent data loss.

Recovering context from previous workflow sessions is handled automatically through session catch-up scripts. These scripts read persistent markdown files to restore your task state and prevent data loss during session recovery.

Yes, you need Python installed to use this file-based task planning system. Python is specifically required to run the session catch-up scripts and shell utilities that manage the markdown task tracking files.

You should use markdown files for task management when handling complex tasks requiring more than five tool calls. This file-based approach ensures all execution steps, decisions, and findings are meticulously recorded for structured workflow.

To set up a structured workflow for research projects, create task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md in your project directory before starting. This establishes a persistent file-based planning system to track decisions and log progress.