Plan & spec
10,946 rows from 2,522 repositories
Deciding what to build, and writing it down before building it.
What Plan & spec skills agree on
2,010 skill files read, by 1,360 of the 2,617 authors on this shelf whose files we hold, 2026-09-06
The middle one of the 202 measured here is ~1.6k tokens long, counted with cl100k_base
Counted by distinct author, so one author publishing three of these counts once. Where a claim sits in fewer files than authors, that is said: a claim held by forty authors across three files is one file people copied, not forty people who agreed. Near-identical wordings are grouped and the other wordings are shown, so the grouping is yours to check.
What they tell the agent to do
- Ask one question at a time73 of 1360also worded as Ask one question at a time during interviews; Ask questions one at a time
- Write the spec using the template22 of 1360also worded as Write the spec document; Write the spec file
- Ask clarifying questions if needed19 of 1360 in 18 filesalso worded as Ask only necessary clarifying questions; Ask clarifying questions
- Wait for user confirmation before proceeding19 of 1360also worded as Wait for user approval before proceeding; Wait for confirmation before filing issues
- Save plans to the plans directory17 of 1360 in 13 filesalso worded as Save plans to the specified directory; Save the plan to the docs directory
- Check for product marketing context first16 of 1360 in 5 files
- Read the plan file completely16 of 1360also worded as Read the plan file; Read the plan completely before starting
- Order tasks by dependency16 of 1360also worded as Create tasks in dependency order; Order tasks by dependency and mark parallel tasks
- Gather context from the conversation15 of 1360 in 9 filesalso worded as Gather context from conversation; Gather context from the conversation or issue tracker
- Explore the codebase instead of asking15 of 1360 in 13 filesalso worded as Explore the codebase to answer questions; Explore the codebase for facts instead of asking.
- Wait for explicit user approval14 of 1360 in 13 filesalso worded as Wait for user approval; Wait for explicit user approval before analyzing
- Quiz the user on the breakdown13 of 1360 in 7 filesalso worded as Quiz the user on the proposed breakdown; Present the breakdown to the user
- Present the plan to the user13 of 1360also worded as Present the plan and wait for user approval; Present the plan for user approval
- Read the full spec file13 of 1360also worded as Read the spec and plan; Read the spec and glossary
- Read the plan before deciding12 of 1360 in 9 filesalso worded as Re-read plan before major decisions; Re-read plan before decisions
What they tell it not to do
- Do not write code39 of 1360also worded as Do not write implementation code; Never write code
- Do not implement code34 of 1360also worded as Do not implement; Never write implementation code
- Do not batch multiple questions23 of 1360 in 18 filesalso worded as Never batch questions; Do not batch multiple questions together
- Do not skip steps20 of 1360also worded as Do not skip phases; Do not skip steps or output early
- Do not start implementation20 of 1360also worded as Do not start implementing; Do not use for implementation.
- Do not invent a plausible entry to fill a field19 of 1360also worded as Never invent a plausible entry to fill a field; Do not invent a plausible entry
- Do not use placeholders19 of 1360 in 16 filesalso worded as Do not use placeholders like TBD or TODO; Do not use placeholder code or stubs
- Do not interview the user17 of 1360also worded as Do not interview the user to gather new information; Never answer interview questions on the user's behalf
- Do not close or modify any parent issue15 of 1360 in 9 filesalso worded as Do not close any parent issue; Do not modify any parent issue
- Do not modify files15 of 1360also worded as Do not modify any file; Do not modify source code
What they expect to be installed
- git210 of 1360
- AskUserQuestion125 of 1360
- grep109 of 1360
- gh80 of 1360
- bash74 of 1360
- python368 of 1360
- Read66 of 1360 in 60 files
- Agent52 of 1360
- Glob49 of 1360
- node48 of 1360
What they ask it to produce
- plan.md101 of 1360also worded as Plans.md; final_plan.md
- spec.md87 of 1360also worded as spec; spec md
- Implementation plan75 of 1360also worded as Implementation plan file; Implementation plan document
- tasks.md43 of 1360 in 41 filesalso worded as task_plan.md; tasks/todo.md
- design.md27 of 1360also worded as architecture.md; security-design.md
- Pull request25 of 1360also worded as pull requests; pull request review
- Markdown file23 of 1360 in 21 filesalso worded as spec markdown file; markdown
- research.md22 of 1360 in 20 filesalso worded as findings.md; REPORT.md
When Plan & spec authors say to reach for one
The situations these authors wrote into their own files, counted out of the same 1,360 authors, with the skills that name each one
- Plan the implementation30 of 1360
- Create a plan27 of 1360
- Plan a feature27 of 1360 in 25 files
- User asks to write a technical spec20 of 1360 in 19 files
- Plan this18 of 1360 in 17 files
- User mentions planning17 of 1360 in 15 files
- Oma pm
- Planning with files
- Planning with files skills othmanadi planning with files
- and 4 more on this shelf
How Plan & spec skills are built
10,181 skill directories by 2,258 authors, read from their repositories’ own file trees 2026-08-05
The middle bundle among those shipping files is 3 files, 13.9 KB beside SKILL.md
Counted by distinct author, same as above, so one author publishing forty template copies counts once. SKILL.md itself is not counted as a file, so a single-file skill is one where that file is the whole skill.
The shape
- SKILL.md is the whole skill879 of 2,258 authors, 5,238 of 10,181 skills
- files ship beside it1,379 of 2,258 authors, 4,943 of 10,181 skills
- executable scripts ship inside410 of 2,258 authors, 1,104 of 10,181 skills
The folders they converge on
- references/827 of 2,258 authors, 2,703 of 10,181 skills
- scripts/332 of 2,258 authors, 946 of 10,181 skills
- agents/288 of 2,258 authors, 788 of 10,181 skills
- assets/212 of 2,258 authors, 502 of 10,181 skills
- evals/154 of 2,258 authors, 522 of 10,181 skills
- templates/142 of 2,258 authors, 320 of 10,181 skills
OthmanAdi/planning-with-files/skills/planning-with-files Skill
26,165★ repoPersistent file-based planning for AI coding agents and long-running tasks. Crash-proof markdown plans, session recovery after /clear and compaction, per-turn re-injection against context rot, deterministic completion gate. Manus-style. Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Kiro, OpenCode and 60+ agents via the Agent Skills standard.
wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep/skills/ablation-planner Skill
14,663★ repoARIS ⚔️ (Auto-Research-In-Sleep) — Lightweight Markdown-only skills for autonomous ML research: cross-model review loops, idea discovery, and experiment automation. No framework, no lock-in — works with Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw, or any LLM agent.
breaking-brake/cc-wf-studio/.claude/skills/jira-driven-planning Skill
no license5,347★ repoCC Workflow Studio
indranilbanerjee/digital-marketing-pro/skills/ab-test-plan Skill
734★ repoOpen-source AI marketing plugin for agencies & in-house teams — 158 skills, 25 specialist agents, 12-Part Strategy Flow, Cowork team-persistent, EU AI Act Article 50 ready, 6-platform AEO/GEO incl. Google AI Mode. Installs on Claude Code, Cowork, Codex, Cursor, Copilot CLI, Antigravity. MIT-licensed.
nexscope-ai/eCommerce-Skills/affiliate-marketing-strategy Skill
675★ repoE-commerce skills for AI agents — product research, marketing automation, supply chain optimization, and business analytics for online sellers across Amazon, Shopify, Etsy, TikTok Shop, and all platforms.
anombyte93/prd-taskmaster Skill
587★Zero-config goal-to-tasks engine for Claude Code (the Atlas engine). Graded PRD validation, dependency-ordered task graph, evidence-gated execution.
zscole/adversarial-spec/skills/adversarial-spec Skill
553★ repoA Claude Code plugin that iteratively refines product specifications by debating between multiple LLMs until all models reach consensus.
Optim-Agent/optim-plans/skills/analyze-and-plan Skill
494★ repoHuman-in-the-loop planning plugin for Claude and Codex: turn ideas into reviewed Markdown plans, record decisions, enforce explicit execution gates, and provide tested controller primitives for safer agent workflows.
formulahendry/mcp-server-spec-driven-development/io.github.formulahendry/spec-driven-development MCP server
435★ repoMCP Server that facilitates spec-driven development workflows, not just Vibe Coding.
gcpdev/llm-council-skill/llm-council Skill
408★ repoA skill to claude code that enables brainstorming with other LLMs (ChatGPT, Gemini) before presenting the implementation plan to the user
owainlewis/youtube-tutorials/tutorials/codex-for-developers/resources/04-skills/plan-skill Skill
340★ repoAll my YouTube tutorials. Everything here is free - but please follow me on YouTube if you find these helpful. ❤️
giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit/plugins/developer-kit-ai/skills/chunking-strategy Skill
329★ repoModular plugin marketplace for Claude Code and agentic CLIs, with validated, spec-driven skills, agents, commands, and workflows for Java, TypeScript, Python, PHP, AWS, and AI.
leiting-eric/DailyBrief/.claude/skills/daily-brief Skill
320★ repoAI 每日新闻简报 · GitHub 热门 + X 热门文章 + 行情技术分析 · 23 个数据源聚合 + LLM 中文摘要 · 本地或 GitHub Actions 部署
inhouseseo/superseo-skills/skills/content-brief Skill
249★ repo11 Claude skills for SEO: page audits, linkbuilding, article writing, E-E-A-T audits, semantic gap analysis, link building. Methodology from Koray Tuğberk, Kyle Roof, and Lily Ray, plus a generation-time anti-AI-slop ruleset. Production-tested at InhouseSEO
golbin/agent-skills/skills/prd Skill
no license209★ repoReusable agent skills for Codex and compatible tools
arbiterForge/codeArbiter/core/surface/skills/brainstorming Skill
141★ repoWhen you can't trust yourself with your code base, trust Arbiter.
0xhimanshu/governor/skills/usage-governor Skill
127★ repoClaude Code usage governor: compact professional output, context slimming, tool-output filtering, telemetry, and drift guardrails.
elb-pr/claudikins-kernel/skills/brain-jam-plan Skill
126★ repoSRE thinking applied to Claude Code, based on Boris Cherny's Q&A. It enforces a strict 4-stage pipeline with gates between each step. You literally cannot skip verification. You cannot ship without approval.
BaggaT236/AI-Trading-Skills/examples/weekly-trade-strategy/skills/breadth-chart-analyst Skill
118★ repoAi agent claude trading skills for disiplined, repeatable trading workflows with a modern typescript platform
CesiumGS/cesium-ai-integrations/.github/skills/cesium-context7 Skill
86★ repoCesium AI Integrations is a collection of reference integrations and experiments connecting the Cesium ecosystem with AI systems including Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools, retrieval pipelines, and agent skills.
DogInfantry/claude-skill-management-consultant-B1/skill Skill
no license83★ repoClaude skill & plugin: turn Claude (or any LLM) into an MBB-grade management consultant. Case-interview coaching, strategy frameworks, market sizing, board-ready problem-solving. 129 reference modules. Free & open-source.
geekjourneyx/travel-guidebook Skill
75★AI agent skill that generates beautifully typeset travel guidebook PDFs — from research to print, powered by parallel agents and Amap MCP.
oprogramadorreal/optimus-claude/skills/brainstorm Skill
71★ repoPrimes your project for peak Claude Code performance
Mckinsey style visualization skill
kgraph57/mckinsey-style-visualization-skill Skill
65★Agent Skill that turns messy notes into rendered strategy-consulting visuals, with SVG examples and validation.
GulajavaMinistudio/awesome-copilot-id/.agents/skills/artifact-consistency-checker Skill
58★ repoA curated collection of custom agents, skills, rules, and prompts for GitHub Copilot, Google Antigravity, OpenCode, ChatGPT Codex, and Oh My Pi. Tailored for Indonesian developers to streamline SDLC workflows with AI.
Othmane-Khadri/gtm-engineer-playbook/.claude/skills/gtm-playbook/account-research-brief Skill
53★ repo10 installable Claude Code skills that turn your terminal into a GTM command center. ICP building, signal scanning, lead scoring, outreach sequences, battlecards. Built by Earleads.
chaterm/terminal-skills/backup/backup-strategy Skill
53★ repoPublic Agent Skills for Terminal and Kubernetes
ElmatadorZ/MoneyAtlas-ClaudeSkill-Agent Skill
53★Money Atlas Skill.md (Claude Skill) For AI Agent A Genesis Protocol-powered intelligence system for financial markets, macroeconomics, and geopolitics. Core Systems - Genesis Protocol (First Principle + System Thinking) - SMC Layer Engine (Quant price structure)
liqiongyu/lenny_skills_plus/samples/writing-prds-executable Skill
51★ repo86 agent-executable skill packs converted from RefoundAI’s Lenny skills (unofficial). Works with Codex + Claude Code.
nik1t7n/research-craft-skill Skill
50★Agent skill for better research loops
marconae/speq-skill/.claude/skills/speq-audit Skill
48★ repoA light-weight and straightforward system for spec-driven development with Claude Code or OpenAI Codex. Written in Rust 🦀
Canadian finance planner skill
cjpatten/canadian-finance-planner-skill Skill
46★A Claude skill that turns Claude into your personal financial planner — built specifically for Canadians. Interviews, budgets, action plans, interactive dashboards, and ongoing coaching.
massimodeluisa/recursive-decomposition-skill/plugins/recursive-decomposition/skills/recursive-decomposition Skill
44★ repoClaude Code skill for handling long-context tasks through recursive decomposition
anycap-ai/anycap/skills/anycap-ai-tool-seo Skill
42★ repoThe capability harness for AI agents. Skills over SDKs.
keysersoose/claude-agent-builder/agent-builder Skill
41★ repoBuild production-ready AI agents in Claude Code from natural language. Analyzes your problem, researches best practices, and generates subagents, skills, hooks, commands & MCP configs.
skinnerlee1225/enterprise-prd-toolkit/skills/enterprise-prd-writer Skill
40★ repo把金融級 PRD 方法論工程化成四個 Claude Skills:找洞 → 寫規格 → 產測試。含交易所提現、自營交易挑戰賽的完整 PRD 範例。
yoichiojima-2/consultant/skills/consulting Skill
34★ repo50+ consulting frameworks used by McKinsey, BCG, Bain, and Accenture — packaged as a Claude Code plugin
echoVic/spec-flow Skill
33★A Claude Code skill for structured, spec-driven development with phase-by-phase workflow and living documentation
doeixd/opencode-ralph-rlm/skills/interview-and-create-plan Skill
no license30★ repoOpenCode plugin: Ralph outer loop + RLM inner loop — iterative AI development with file-first discipline and sub-agent support
sanky369/vibe-building-skills/skills/creative/brand-asset Skill
29★ repoOpen-source agent skills library for building SaaS, marketing systems, creative assets, and frontend design workflows
lujiafa/houtu-project-skills/skills/docs-context Skill
26★ repoA curated collection of skills, practices, and tooling used throughout the project lifecycle — from development to testing and beyond.
Maxmedawar/tandem/skills/tandem-agentic-engineering Skill
25★ repoTandem is an MCP bridge that lets a chatbot (Claude.ai or ChatGPT) spin up and drive, interactive Claude Code sessions on your own machine. Runs 2 sessions in a lead/worker loop that works autonomously. Also makes claude code respond to the initial Chatbot through the browser so it can respond back.
jbrazy480/loop-maker/loop-maker Skill
25★ repo🔁 Write loops, not prompts. Free skill that generates overnight autonomous AI runs for Claude Code, Codex & Cursor: master prompt, plan, verifier, one command. By AI Guy Official.
andyzengmath/quantum-loop/skills/ql-brainstorm Skill
24★ repoSpec-driven autonomous development loop for Claude Code. Combines structured PRD generation, dependency DAG execution, two-stage review gates, and Iron Law verification.
franklinxkk/ai-delivery-spec Skill
22★Requirement management Skill for one human-readable, AI-coding-ready baseline: intake, clarification, PRD/prototype contracts, change, traceability, and acceptance for ToC/ToB/ToG.
yannickYamo/skills/abx-strategy Skill
20★ repoAI skills for Claude Code. Product marketing, strategy & GTM frameworks by a product leader and full-stack builder in the age of AI.
pilotspace/ADD/.claude/skills/add Skill
18★ repoADD - LOOP SKILL for AI Coding Agent
uxderrick/mece-skill/skills/mece Skill
17★ repoMECE (Mutually Exclusive, Collectively Exhaustive) validation and decomposition skill for AI agents. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Codex, Gemini CLI.
Jed-Tech/spar-kit/Research/research/example skills/act Skill
17★ repoSpecify → Plan → Act → Retain: SPAR-kit is a lightweight workflow that helps AI agents align with your intent, plan clearly, act with less drift, and retain durable project memory.
hackersandwizards/artificer/examples/sdlc/.claude/skills/sdlc-1-plan Skill
16★ repoAn artificer's kit for building minimal dark-factories on Claude Code. Compose small, gated agent steps into deterministic builds you can read end to end.
olddonkey/olddonkey-skills/skills/codex-implementation-loop Skill
15★ repoAgent skills distilled from real-world usage — codex-implementation-loop: delegate coding to Codex, keep review/gate/ship judgment in Claude's hands
Business decomposition order quality
spikeHongg/china-stock-research-skills/skills/business-decomposition-order-quality Skill
15★ repoOpen-source agent skills for China stock and A-share research: Chinese-first outputs, citation-first analysis, and orchestrated workflows.
averma416/consulting-gauntlet Skill
no license14★Full-stack consulting skill for Claude Code — 6 AI agents, 16 strategy frameworks, CPA-level financial modeling, zero hallucinations
burhankhatri/e2e-testing/skills/brainstorming-and-planning Skill
no license14★ repoA set of 8 global skills for Claude Code that enforce disciplined, test-driven agentic development. Install once, use in any project.
hungv47/meta-skills/forsvn-dev/skills/meta/breakdown-tasks Skill
14★ repoTurn your coding agent into a full product team — composable skills across research, marketing, product, and process. One install, every editor (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, Gemini CLI, VS Code).
ma-ziwei/fathom-mode-for-claude/plugin/skills/fathom Skill
13★ repoPlanning mode for Claude Code and Cowork. Claude pauses execution, clarifies intent, and compiles a reviewable plan before acting on complex tasks.
ngvoicu/specmint-core Skill
12★Persistent, resumable specs for AI coding agents. Deep research, iterative interviews, phased implementation, resume context. Claude Code plugin + universal skill (Codex, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Gemini CLI, Devin, Antigravity).
mirkobozzetto/arsenal/plugins/code-roadmap/skills/code-roadmap Skill
12★ repoMirko Bozzetto's curated skills for AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, ...)
VidyFoo/antigravity-skill-engine/.agent/skills/1-dev/architecting Skill
12★ repoAntigravity Skills Engine (ASE) - The ultimate Claude Skills library for AI agents featuring 16+ industrial-grade professional tracks.
labeveryday/claude-put-in-work/.claude/skills/autonomous-build Skill
11★ repoThis is a repo used to make claude put in work autonomously.