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plan:cancel

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Cancel an implementation plan. Moves the plan to archive/ with CANCELLED status. Use when a plan is superseded, abandoned, or no longer needed.

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  3. Review the proposed files and risks before you approve installation.
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Cancel Skill

Cancel an implementation plan that is no longer being pursued.

Process

  1. Identify the plan to cancel:

    • If the user specifies a plan number/name, use that
    • Otherwise, list in-progress plans and ask user to choose
    • Never auto-cancel - always require explicit identification

  2. Ask for cancellation reason (optional but recommended):

    • "Why is this plan being cancelled?"
    • Common reasons: superseded by another plan, requirements changed, no longer needed
    • If superseded, ask which plan supersedes it

  3. Update plan files:

    Update implementation-plan.md status header:

    ## Status: ❌ CANCELLED

**Cancelled:** YYYY-MM-DD
**Reason:** [User's reason, if provided]
**Superseded by:** NNNN-other-plan (if applicable)

    Update task-list.md status:

    ## Status: ❌ CANCELLED

    Update .plan-state.json:

    {
  "status": "cancelled",
  "cancelled_at": "2026-01-25T10:30:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-01-25T10:30:00Z",
  "cancellation_reason": "Superseded by 0005-dagre-module",
  "superseded_by": "0005-dagre-module",
  ...existing fields...
}

  4. Move to archive:

    mv plans/NNNN-feature-name plans/archive/

  5. Confirm to user:

    **Cancelled:** `plans/archive/NNNN-feature-name/`
**Status:** ❌ CANCELLED
**Reason:** [reason]
**Progress at cancellation:** X/Y tasks (Z%)

Example Usage

Cancel with reason

User: /plan:cancel 0004

Claude: Why is plan 0004-declaration-order-layout being cancelled?

User: Superseded by the dagre module plan

Claude: Is this superseded by plan 0005-dagre-module? (y/n)

User: yes

**Cancelled:** `plans/archive/0004-declaration-order-layout/`
**Status:** ❌ CANCELLED
**Reason:** Superseded by 0005-dagre-module
**Progress at cancellation:** 0/14 tasks (0%)

Cancel already-archived plan (update status only)

User: /plan:cancel 0004

Claude: Plan 0004 is already in archive/ but shows status IN PROGRESS.
Update status to CANCELLED? (y/n)

User: yes

**Updated:** `plans/archive/0004-declaration-order-layout/`
**Status:** ❌ CANCELLED