planning-with-files

To plan complex research tasks with on-disk memory, you create and maintain persistent project files like task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md. This approach anchors goals and tracks execution state directly in your project directory.

Manus-style planning is a project management technique that coordinates long, multi-step tasks by persisting work state to disk. It uses planning artifacts to support phased, auditable execution for complex research workflows.

You start a project planning session by creating task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md files in your project directory. Helper scripts can initialize these sessions and verify completion checks to maintain auditable work.

Yes, on-disk planning files support multi-step research execution by keeping plan artifacts alongside your project. This method enables phased work and maintains a persistent record of findings and progress across sessions.

No dependencies are required to maintain task plans in your project directory. The workflow relies on creating markdown files and using helper scripts for initialization and completion checks, ensuring zero external barriers.

Persistent markdown files provide an auditable record of work state directly within the project environment. Unlike other project management approaches, this method integrates with helper scripts and templates to verify completion without external tools.