What problem does it solve?
This Skill automates the creation of highly detailed, bite-sized implementation plans for engineers, minimizing ambiguity and ensuring adherence to TDD principles. It saves significant time in planning, reduces implementation errors, and ensures consistent quality across development tasks.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Detailed Task Breakdown: Generates tasks in 2-5 minute increments, complete with exact file paths, locations, and full code examples.
- TDD Integration: Ensures each task follows a rigorous write-failing-test → verify failure → implement → verify passing → commit cycle.
- Structured Documentation: Saves plans to a standardized path (
docs/plans/YYYY-MM-DD-<feature-name>.md) with mandatory architectural and technical headers.
- Use Case: You need to implement a new API endpoint. Use this skill to generate a step-by-step plan that any engineer, even with minimal codebase familiarity, can follow precisely, complete with code snippets and verification steps.
Quick Start
Use the writing-plans skill to create an implementation plan for adding a new user authentication feature.