planning-with-files

Track complex multi-step tasks across sessions by using persistent planning files like task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md to store phases, log discoveries, and preserve history.

On-disk memory for project management is a structured system of persistent files that enforces creating a task_plan.md first, updates phase statuses, and logs discoveries to keep goals accessible across long-running activities.

Manage workflow planning for research projects by maintaining task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md files to document phases, track progress, and log discoveries throughout the activity.

Yes, this task planning approach works for software development tasks by using helper scripts to initialize planning files and verify completion, ensuring goals and decisions remain accessible across sessions.

The best way to preserve task history is by enforcing the creation of a task_plan.md first, then updating phase statuses and logging discoveries in findings.md and progress.md throughout the workflow.

Initialize and verify task plan completion by running helper scripts like init-session.sh to bootstrap planning files and check-complete.sh to verify that all phases and tasks are finished.