Planning Workflow

Overview

planning-workflow orchestrates complete planning from requirements through tasks to tracking setup.

Component Skills (3):

1. planning-architect - Architecture and structure planning
2. task-development - Task breakdown with estimates
3. todo-management - Setup progress tracking

Workflow (3 steps):

1. Plan Architecture - Create comprehensive skill plan
2. Break Down Tasks - Convert plan into concrete tasks
3. Setup Tracking - Initialize todo list for execution

Result: Complete planning artifacts ready for implementation

When to Use

• Planning complex skills (need comprehensive planning)
• Large projects (detailed breakdown needed)
• Team projects (clear task assignment)
• When thoroughness more important than speed

Planning Workflow

Step 1: Plan Architecture (planning-architect)

Process: Run planning-architect 6-step workflow

• Analyze requirements
• Choose pattern
• Design structure
• Plan content
• Estimate complexity
• Create plan document

Output: skill-architecture-plan.md

Time: 3-5 hours

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Step 2: Break Down Tasks (task-development)

Process: Run task-development 5-step workflow using plan from Step 1

• Analyze plan
• Identify components
• Break into tasks
• Sequence and dependencies
• Create task document

Output: task-breakdown.md

Time: 2-4 hours

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Step 3: Setup Tracking (todo-management)

Process: Use todo-management Operation 1 (Initialize)

• Create todo list from task breakdown
• Set initial states (all pending)
• Ready for execution

Output: todo-list.md (ready to track)

Time: 15-30 minutes

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Post-Workflow: Begin Implementation

With complete planning artifacts:

• Architecture plan guides what to build
• Task breakdown guides how to sequence
• Todo list tracks progress

Next: Execute implementation following plan and tasks

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Quick Reference

The 3-Step Planning Workflow

Step	Skill	Time	Output
1	planning-architect	3-5h	skill-architecture-plan.md
2	task-development	2-4h	task-breakdown.md
3	todo-management	15-30m	todo-list.md

Total Time: 5.5-9.5 hours

When to Use: Complex skills needing thorough planning

Alternative: For simple skills, use planning-architect only (skip task-development)

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planning-workflow provides complete planning from requirements to ready-to-execute task list.