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planning-patterns

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

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