writing-plans
Use when you have a spec or requirements for a multi-step task, before touching code
Before you install
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- License
- MIT
- Source on GitHub
- obra/superpowers
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Install
npx skills add obra/superpowers@writing-plansRuns in a terminal with Node.js 18 or newer. Add -y to skip the prompts and -g to install for every project instead of this one.
Install for your agent
npx skills add obra/superpowers@writing-plans --agent claude-code -y- Project install writes to
.claude/skills/writing-plans- Global install writes to
~/.claude/skills/writing-plans
Start a new session afterwards so the agent picks the skill up. In Claude Code you can also call it directly with /writing-plans.
What it does
Writing Plans Overview Write implementation plans for an engineer who has not seen this codebase or this spec. Assume they write idiomatic code in the project's language once they know the exact interface and the exact test, and that they will make a reasonable choice wherever the plan leaves one open. What they cannot know is what you decided: which files, which names and signatures, which values from the spec, which tests prove each task. Document those. Give them the whole plan as bite-sized tasks. DRY. YAGNI. TDD. Frequent commits. Announce at start: "I'm using the writing-plans skill to…
Excerpt from the skill's own SKILL.md. Read the full file on GitHub before installing: skills run with your agent's permissions.
Categories
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