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name: create-plan description: Plan-first workflow with upfront investigation and design. Use when the user asks for a thought-through plan, needs deep analysis before execution, or wants the plan captured as tasks/logs in bd.

Plan First

Apply the prompt

• Prepend the prompt content to the user request.
• Produce a short, actionable plan before doing any work.
• Stop after presenting the plan; do not implement, edit files, or run non-read-only commands until the user explicitly approves.
• Ask clarifying questions and iterate on the plan as needed; do not proceed until answers are received.
• Investigate and explore as needed (read-only); summarize findings to inform the plan.
• During planning, create and refine bd tasks as you work, updating them as needed as understanding evolves. Update description, notes, design, acceptance criteria, dependency ordering, or epic organization as needed.
• Completion for this skill is a fully refined set of bd tasks ready for another agent to implement without needing to do further investigation and refinement.

Planning checklist

• Gather requirements and constraints; ask clarifying questions.
• Investigate existing code, docs, and prior art.
• Explore alternatives and tradeoffs when design choices matter.
• Identify the main goal.
• Break the work into manageable steps.
• Call out risks or obstacles and how to address them.
• Note required tools or resources.
• If deadlines matter, estimate timing.
• Review the plan to confirm it is logical and feasible.
• Plan testing and verification steps.
• Plan rollout, deployment, and monitoring.
• Map steps to bd tasks when appropriate.
• Keep the plan concise and feasible.