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Writing Plans

  • 1 installs
  • 28 repo stars
  • Updated June 29, 2026
  • nickcrew/claude-cortex

Turns brainstorm output into an actionable execution plan with objectives, workstreams, tasks, definition of done, and risks.

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Transforms brainstorm output into an actionable execution plan with objectives, workstreams, tasks, and risk mitigations. A developer uses it when structuring a multi-step task into an enforceable plan.

  • Transforms brainstorm output into a concrete execution plan
  • Breaks work into 2-5 workstreams with tasks, definition of done, and risks

Writing Plans by the numbers

  • 1 all-time installs (skills.sh)
  • Ranked #2,473 of 3,280 Productivity & Planning skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
  • Data as of Aug 4, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
npx skills add https://github.com/nickcrew/claude-cortex --skill writing-plans

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repo stars28
Last updatedJune 29, 2026
Repositorynickcrew/claude-cortex

What it does

Turns brainstorm output into an actionable execution plan with objectives, workstreams, tasks, definition of done, and risks.

Files

SKILL.mdMarkdownGitHub ↗

/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

1. Restate Objective

  • One paragraph referencing ticket/issue + constraints.

2. Identify Workstreams

  • Break work into 2–5 streams (frontend, backend, docs, infra, etc.).
  • For each, list required agents/modes/rules.

3. Define Tasks per Stream

  • Bullet tasks with Definition of Done + validation (tests, lint, visual review).
  • Include verification hooks (rules/, commands/testing.yaml).

4. Risk / Mitigation

  • Capture open questions, dependencies, rollback steps.

5. Task Sync

  • For each bullet, create a Task TUI entry (press TA).
  • 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.

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