planning-with-files-zht

What problem does it solve? Long-running or multi-step tasks lose context when the conversation window fills up or the session is cleared. This Skill persists task state to disk as Markdown files so progress, findings, and decisions survive /clear and session restarts. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Persistent Planning Files: Creates and maintains task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md in your project directory as a durable working memory. - Automatic Session Recovery: Detects unsynced context from previous sessions via a catch-up script and lifecycle hooks that re-inject the plan before tool calls. - Failure Protocols: Enforces a three-attempt failure protocol, error logging, and a five-question restart test to keep long tasks on track. - Use Case: When asked to plan and execute a multi-phase project (research, implementation, testing, delivery), the Skill initializes the three planning files, tracks phase status, and resumes correctly after a context reset. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to plan and break down your multi-step project using file-based planning so it creates task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md in your project directory.