What problem does it solve?
This Skill automates the conversion of feature specifications and templates into a structured, branch-ready implementation plan so teams can move from requirements to design artifacts without manual orchestration.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Automated Planning Workflow: Runs repository setup scripts, loads feature spec context, and fills an implementation plan template through multi-phase orchestration.
- Research and Design Artifacts: Produces research.md to resolve unknowns, data-model.md, interface contracts, quickstart guides, and updates agent-specific context files.
- Extension Hook Integration: Detects and surfaces pre- and post-plan extension hooks defined in .specify/extensions.yml to allow optional or mandatory automated steps.
- Use Case: A developer or engineering manager uses this Skill to generate a reproducible implementation plan with gating checks, research tasks, and artifact outputs tied to a feature branch.
Quick Start
Run the speckit-plan workflow to produce research.md, data-model.md, contracts, and a branch-ready implementation plan from your project's FEATURE_SPEC and IMPL_PLAN.