manage-planning

What problem does it solve?

Expert patterns for hierarchical project plans. MUST BE INVOKED when creating executable plans in .prompts/planning/ with Brief → Roadmap → Phases structure. This Skill guides you from a human-friendly Brief to an execution-ready PLAN.md, ensuring Claude can deliver repeatable, testable results.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Hierarchical planning: BRIEF.md → ROADMAP.md → phased PLAN.md files
• Self-contained prompts: Execution prompts are deterministic and self-contained
• Context management: Each phase is atomic and independent, enabling fresh-context runs
• Checkpoints & milestones: Explicit checkpoints for decisions, verifications, and handoffs
• Brownfield support: Automatically references current state and existing code to plan extensions

Quick Start

Use the create-new-plan workflow to generate a new executable plan with Brief → Roadmap → Phases structure, including BRIEF.md, ROADMAP.md, and initial phase PLAN.md.