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You can track multi-phase task progress by persisting workflow states and decisions to disk files like task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md. This external memory ensures continuity and automatic recovery after interruptions across sessions.

Managing complex research workflows with Markdown involves creating structured template files for goals, findings, and progress. This approach maintains a reusable, persistent record of decisions and phases that travels directly with your project directory.

To set up on-disk planning, initialize planning by creating task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md in your project root. These Markdown templates provide a structured workflow for outlining phases and tracking status for multi-step tool operations.

Yes, you can recover task state without external databases by using Markdown files on disk. The skill stores structured workflow states and phase tracking locally in files, enabling automatic recovery after interruptions.

Multi-phase planning works directly with standard Markdown files. It uses accessible Markdown templates and optional scripts to ensure consistent state tracking and phase management without requiring specialized database formats.

Complex workflows lose context between tool calls because session memory is volatile. Persisting your structured workflow, phase status, and findings to disk files provides an external memory that ensures continuity across multiple tool calls.