planning-with-files

Multi-step task planning is managed by creating persistent on-disk artifacts like task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md in your project directory to maintain external memory and traceability throughout the workflow.

File-based phase planning structures large workflows by writing goals, findings, and progress into markdown files. It is needed for research, development, and large engineering tasks requiring collaboration across many tool calls.

Structure task_plan.md by outlining goals in Phase 1, then populate findings.md and progress.md as you execute. This template approach coordinates tool usage and maintains integration hooks for pre and post actions.

File-based planning supports large engineering tasks by providing stable external memory. It coordinates five or more tool calls without losing track by updating on-disk planning artifacts throughout the process.

Maintain progress tracking by updating progress.md files in your project directory. This serves as external memory, ensuring structured planning and traceability across multi-phase research workflows.

Complex workflows lose track without persistent external memory. Creating and updating planning artifacts like findings.md and progress.md in your project directory prevents losing findings across multiple tool calls.