Concise Planning

SkillProductivity

Concise-planning is a skill that turns a request for a coding task into a clear, actionable, and atomic checklist. When a user asks for a plan, the agent produces a short, step-by-step list it can follow while doing the work.

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Details

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What your AI can do with it

  • Generates a clear, actionable checklist for a coding task
  • Breaks a plan into atomic, step-by-step items
  • Produces a checklist the agent can follow during implementation

Getting started

  1. Have an agent that supports loading skills.
  2. Add the concise-planning skill to the agent's available skills.
  3. Ask the agent to plan a coding task, and it will use the skill to produce a checklist.

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by davila7/claude-code-templates in cli-tool/components/skills/productivity/concise-planning/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Goal

Turn a user request into a single, actionable plan with atomic steps.

Workflow

1. Scan Context

  • Read README.md, docs, and relevant code files.
  • Identify constraints (language, frameworks, tests).

2. Minimal Interaction

  • Ask at most 1–2 questions and only if truly blocking.
  • Make reasonable assumptions for non-blocking unknowns.

3. Generate Plan

Use the following structure:

  • Approach: 1-3 sentences on what and why.
  • Scope: Bullet points for "In" and "Out".
  • Action Items: A list of 6-10 atomic, ordered tasks (Verb-first).
  • Validation: At least one item for testing.

Plan Template

# Plan

<High-level approach>

## Scope

- In:
- Out:

## Action Items

[ ] <Step 1: Discovery>
[ ] <Step 2: Implementation>
[ ] <Step 3: Implementation>
[ ] <Step 4: Validation/Testing>
[ ] <Step 5: Rollout/Commit>

## Open Questions

- <Question 1 (max 3)>

Checklist Guidelines

  • Atomic: Each step should be a single logical unit of work.
  • Verb-first: "Add...", "Refactor...", "Verify...".
  • Concrete: Name specific files or modules when possible.

Signals

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Questions

When should this skill be used?
Use it when a user asks for a plan for a coding task, so the agent generates a clear, actionable, and atomic checklist.
What does the output look like?
A short, step-by-step checklist with atomic items that the agent can follow while completing the coding task.
Advanced
Item type
skill
Key
concise-planning-davila7
Source
github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates