Create Plan

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Draft an implementation plan for a feature in .agents/plans. Does not execute the plan. Use when the user asks to plan, design, or scope a feature without building it.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Create Plan skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by itsbencodes/cookies in .claude/skills/create-plan/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Write a plan to .agents/plans/. Do not implement.

1. Clarify

Ask questions in batches until the feature is unambiguous. Read the code instead of asking whenever the answer is in the repo. Stop at nitpicks.

2. Offer options

Present 2–4 high-level approaches. For each: shape, main upside, main cost. Ask which to take. Wait.

3. Write the plan

Save to .agents/plans/YYYY-MM-DD-<slug>.md (create the dir if missing). Use this template:

The plan can cover a feature, bug fix, refactor, or technical task. Adapt the user story and acceptance criteria accordingly (e.g., for a refactor, "user" may be a developer; for a bug fix, frame the story around the broken behavior).

# <Title>

## User story

As a <user>, I want <goal> so that <benefit>.

## Description

A few paragraphs explaining what this is, the motivation, the current state, and the desired state. Include enough context that a reader unfamiliar with the work can understand it without external references.

## Acceptance criteria

User-perspective only. No technical terms, file names, or APIs.

- [ ] ...

## Out of scope

- ...

## Implementation details

Architecture, key types, dependencies, relevant patterns, trade-offs.

## Testing strategy

What to cover and how: unit, integration, e2e (Playwright). Note any new fixtures, mocks, or manual verification steps.

## Tasks

- [ ] ...
- [ ] Run the `validate` skill (must be the last task)

## Open questions

- ...

Tell the user the file path.

4. Iterate

Apply requested edits, repeat until approved. Do not implement.

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