roman01la/skills-agents/writing-plans

Writing Plans

Overview

Write comprehensive implementation plans assuming the engineer has zero context for our codebase and questionable taste. Document everything they need to know: which files to touch for each task, code, testing, docs they might need to check, how to test it. Give them the whole plan as bite-sized tasks. DRY. YAGNI. TDD. Frequent commits.

Assume they are a skilled developer, but know almost nothing about our toolset or problem domain. Assume they don't know good test design very well.

Announce at start: "I'm using the writing-plans skill to create the implementation plan."

Context: This should be run in a dedicated worktree (created by brainstorming skill).

Save plans to: docs/plans/YYYY-MM-DD-<feature-name>.md

Bite-Sized Task Granularity

Each step is one action (2-5 minutes):

• "Write the failing test" - step
• "Run it to make sure it fails" - step
• "Implement the minimal code to make the test pass" - step
• "Run the tests and make sure they pass" - step
• "Commit" - step

Plan Document Header

Every plan MUST start with this header:

# [Feature Name] Implementation Plan
 
> **For Claude:** REQUIRED SUB-SKILL: Use superpowers:executing-plans to implement this plan task-by-task.
 
**Goal:** [One sentence describing what this builds]
 
**Architecture:** [2-3 sentences about approach]
 
**Tech Stack:** [Key technologies/libraries]
 
---

Task Structure

### Task N: [Component Name]
 
**Files:**
-Create: `exact/path/to/file.py`
-Modify: `exact/path/to/existing.py:123-145`
-Test: `tests/exact/path/to/test.py`
 
**Step 1: Write the failing test**
 

def test_specific_behavior(): result = function(input) assert result == expected

 
**Step 2: Run test to verify it fails**
 
Run: `pytest tests/path/test.py::test_name -v`
Expected: FAIL with "function not defined"
 
**Step 3: Write minimal implementation**
 

def function(input): return expected

 
**Step 4: Run test to verify it passes**
 
Run: `pytest tests/path/test.py::test_name -v`
Expected: PASS
 
**Step 5: Commit**
 

git add tests/path/test.py src/path/file.py git commit -m "feat: add specific feature"

Remember

• Exact file paths always
• Complete code in plan (not "add validation")
• Exact commands with expected output
• Reference relevant skills with @ syntax
• DRY, YAGNI, TDD, frequent commits

Execution Handoff

After saving the plan, immediately proceed with subagent-driven execution. Do not ask — always use this approach:

• REQUIRED SUB-SKILL: Use superpowers:subagent-driven-development
• Dispatch independent tasks in parallel where possible (use superpowers:dispatching-parallel-agents)
• Stay in this session
• Fresh subagent per task + code review between tasks