planning-with-files

Multi-step project planning can be tracked using persistent Markdown files as external memory. This approach uses a strict 3-file pattern to store goals, phases, and decisions on disk, maintaining a single source of truth across long-running tasks.

The best way to manage long-running research tasks is using a loop-based workflow with persistent on-disk memory. You update a task plan file after each phase and save findings to a notes file, ensuring centralized knowledge storage and retrieval.

Organize complex task execution by creating a task_plan.md with a clear goal and four phases. Capture ongoing findings in notes.md during the loop-based workflow, then generate a deliverable.md file when the project is ready for final output.

Yes, you can use this persistent file workflow for multi-week research projects. It automates complex task planning by applying a loop-based workflow that reads and writes to Markdown files, ensuring decisions and goals are tracked across iterations.

Updating a task plan file helps with complex task execution by serving as external memory to refresh goals before decisions. This loop-based workflow prevents memory gaps and scattered notes, allowing you to track phases and log errors explicitly.

You need external memory files for project management when handling complex, multi-step tasks that suffer from memory gaps and scattered notes. Persistent Markdown files act as a working memory on disk to track decisions across iterations.