create-plans

The create-plans skill is designed to produce hierarchical, execution-ready project plans specifically optimized for solo development workflows where one human and one AI agent collaborate. It addresses the problem of over-scoped, process-heavy planning that degrades execution quality when context grows too large. Instead of producing enterprise-style documentation, this skill generates concise, atomic plans that double as direct prompts for the AI to execute. Each plan explicitly encodes objectives, context, tasks, verification steps, and success criteria, ensuring that planning and execution are tightly coupled rather than treated as separate phases.

Core capabilities of this skill include aggressive scope control, hierarchical breakdown of work into small executable plans, and explicit verification mechanisms. Plans are intentionally limited to a small number of tasks to maintain high-quality output and avoid context overload. The skill enforces a strict model where anything automatable via CLI or API is handled by the AI, while human involvement is reserved for verification or high-level decisions. It also embeds deviation handling rules that allow execution to adapt to discoveries, bugs, or blockers without derailing progress, while still escalating major architectural changes to the user.

This skill is best suited for individual developers, founders, or builders who work directly with an AI agent to design and implement software systems. Typical use cases include breaking down a product brief into executable phases, creating focused phase plans for implementation, handing off context between development stages, or generating roadmaps that the AI will immediately execute. It targets users who value speed, clarity, and maintainability over formal process, and who want planning artifacts that are practical tools for autonomous execution rather than static documentation.