What problem does it solve?
This Skill automates the generation of implementation plans and related design artifacts from a repository using a plan template, reducing manual coordination and checklist-driven planning effort. It centralizes pre-checks, template population, research consolidation, and artifact generation so teams can move from spec to design quickly and consistently.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Automated plan orchestration: Runs repository setup scripts, loads templates, and fills the IMPL_PLAN structure while enforcing constitution and gate checks.
- Research and design artifact generation: Produces research.md to resolve unknowns, data-model.md, contracts, quickstart.md, and updates agent-specific context files.
- Extension hook integration: Detects optional and mandatory pre- and post-plan hooks declared in .specify/extensions.yml and surfaces them for execution or automatic running based on configuration.
- Use Case: Convert a feature specification in a spec-kit structured repo into a tracked implementation plan, research outcomes, and concrete design artifacts ready for execution and review.
Quick Start
Create an implementation plan from the repository using the speckit-plan workflow and produce research.md, data-model.md, contracts, quickstart.md, and an updated agent context.