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Structured planning methodology with research, brainstorming, phased plan creation, risk assessment, and plan-to-build continuity.

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Structured planning methodology with research, brainstorming, phased plan creation, risk assessment, and plan-to-build continuity.

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  • Search for existing solutions and patterns
  • Identify relevant libraries and tools
  • Find best practices in the domain
  • Check for known pitfalls

2. Brainstorming Phase

  • Generate at least 3 alternative approaches
  • Evaluate trade-offs: complexity, time, risk, scalability
  • Consider build-vs-buy decisions
  • Rank by feasibility and alignment

3. Plan Creation

  • Structure with phases, tasks, and milestones
  • Define acceptance criteria per phase
  • Map dependencies between tasks
  • Include risk assessment with mitigations
  • Define TDD strategy per coding phase
  • Estimate effort and timeline

4. Review Gate

  • Verify completeness against original request
  • Validate logical phase ordering
  • Check actionability of risk mitigations
  • Score plan completeness (>=80 to pass)

Plan-to-Build Continuity

  • Save plans to docs/plans/ directory
  • Reference plan file in session memory
  • BUILD workflow reads plan during requirements clarification
  • Component-builder follows documented phases

When to Use

  • PLAN workflow (primary)
  • Any task requiring strategic thinking before execution

Agents Used

  • planner (primary consumer)
  • github-researcher (research phase)
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name: planning-patterns
description: Structured planning methodology with research, brainstorming, phased plan creation, risk assessment, and plan-to-build continuity.
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---

- Search for existing solutions and patterns
- Identify relevant libraries and tools
- Find best practices in the domain
- Check for known pitfalls

### 2. Brainstorming Phase
- Generate at least 3 alternative approaches
- Evaluate trade-offs: complexity, time, risk, scalability
- Consider build-vs-buy decisions
- Rank by feasibility and alignment

### 3. Plan Creation
- Structure with phases, tasks, and milestones
- Define acceptance criteria per phase
- Map dependencies between tasks
- Include risk assessment with mitigations
- Define TDD strategy per coding phase
- Estimate effort and timeline

### 4. Review Gate
- Verify completeness against original request
- Validate logical phase ordering
- Check actionability of risk mitigations
- Score plan completeness (>=80 to pass)

## Plan-to-Build Continuity

- Save plans to `docs/plans/` directory
- Reference plan file in session memory
- BUILD workflow reads plan during requirements clarification
- Component-builder follows documented phases

## When to Use

- PLAN workflow (primary)
- Any task requiring strategic thinking before execution

## Agents Used

- `planner` (primary consumer)
- `github-researcher` (research phase)

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