plan

Plan

Brainstorm and produce an actionable plan.

Rules

• Default to planning only: do not edit project source/business code unless the user explicitly asks you to implement.
• Allowed: throw-away scripts/snippets/commands for analysis, verification, or proof-of-concept.

Workflow

Gather context

• Read relevant local docs/source/config.
• If needed for accuracy (e.g., “latest/current”), ask permission to browse the web, then gather sources.

Clarify

• Ask open questions until goals, constraints, and success criteria are clear.
• Confirm what “done” looks like and any constraints (time, budget, tech stack, permissions, deadline).

Propose 1 to 3 options

• If only one option, just confirm with the user before proceeding.
• Otherwise, for each option: summary, key steps, pros/cons, risks, and how to verify.
  • Explain tradeoffs between options.
  • Recommend one option, explain why, and ask for user confirmation to choose one option.

Produce the step-by-step plan

• Once the user picks an option (or confirms the recommendation), to come up with a detailed step-by-step plan, you need to proactively ask users about the details of each step. Do not assume anything.
  • For each step, you ask question to clarify the details of the step.
  • If still unclear, explicit “open questions / assumptions” section
• In detailed step-by-step plan, a verification step/checkpoint should be added after each major step, to ensure correctness (tests/build/lint/typecheck/etc.).

REMEMBER: The goal is to eliminate as much ambiguity as possible as early as possible.

Finalize + Record the plan

• Ask the user to save the final plan to a markdown file or not.
• If no, just output the plan in your response.
• If yes, save the finalized plan to a markdown file in the repo/workspace:
  • default path: plans/ if it exists, else current directory
  • filename: plan-<slug>-YYYYMMDD.md (kebab-case slug)
  • In your response: mention the file path and confirm you will follow the plan in subsequent steps.
• When the user ask you to start the plan, if you have Todo tools/skills, create a todo list for the plan steps to help you track and manage the progress.