Writing plans

Skill NickCrew/Claude-Cortex/skills/collaboration/writing-plans

Structured plan-writing skill adapted from obra/superpowers. Produces actionable plans that map directly to cortex workflows and tasks.From its SKILL.md

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npx -y skills add NickCrew/Claude-Cortex --skill writing-plans

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`/collaboration:writing-plans`

Transforms brainstorm output into a concrete execution plan that cortex can enforce.

Inputs

Brainstorm summary (see /ctx:brainstorm).
Relevant workflows in workflows/ and rules in rules/Planning.md.
Any mandated modes (e.g., modes/Super_Saiyan.md, modes/Security_Audit.md).

Steps

Restate Objective
- One paragraph referencing ticket/issue + constraints.
Identify Workstreams
- Break work into 2–5 streams (frontend, backend, docs, infra, etc.).
- For each, list required agents/modes/rules.
Define Tasks per Stream
- Bullet tasks with Definition of Done + validation (tests, lint, visual review).
- Include verification hooks (rules/, commands/testing.yaml).
Risk / Mitigation
- Capture open questions, dependencies, rollback steps.
Task Sync
- For each bullet, create a Task TUI entry (press T → A).
- OR run /ctx:execute-plan after this skill to auto-seed tasks (coming soon).

Output template

## Objective

## Workstreams
### Stream 1 – <name>
- Task … (agent/mode/rule, validation)
- Task …

### Stream 2 – …

## Risks & Mitigations
- …

Store the plan in chat + docs/plans/<date>-<slug>.md if long-lived. Then move to /ctx:execute-plan.

Resources

Plan template snippet: skills/collaboration/writing-plans/resources/template.md.

What ships with it: 1 file

171 B alongside SKILL.md

resources/

template.md171 B