ULW Plan Workflow
code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent
Explore-first planning that turns a vague or large request into one decision-complete work plan, written only after your approval and executed by a separate worker.
Breaks work into ordered tasks. An agent skill from abashev/vfs-s3.
$ npx skills add abashev/vfs-s3 --skill planning-and-task-breakdown -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install abashev/vfs-s3 planning-and-task-breakdown --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/abashev/vfs-s3.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown .claude/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "planning-and-task-breakdown" agent skill from https://github.com/abashev/vfs-s3/tree/17.0/.claude/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown into .claude/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "planning-and-task-breakdown", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/abashev/vfs-s3/tree/17.0/.claude/skills/planning-and-task-breakdownType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add abashev/vfs-s3 --skill planning-and-task-breakdown -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install abashev/vfs-s3 planning-and-task-breakdown --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/abashev/vfs-s3.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown .agents/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "planning-and-task-breakdown" agent skill from https://github.com/abashev/vfs-s3/tree/17.0/.claude/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown into .agents/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "planning-and-task-breakdown", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add abashev/vfs-s3 --skill planning-and-task-breakdown -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install abashev/vfs-s3 planning-and-task-breakdown --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/abashev/vfs-s3.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown .cursor/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "planning-and-task-breakdown" agent skill from https://github.com/abashev/vfs-s3/tree/17.0/.claude/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown into .cursor/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "planning-and-task-breakdown", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/abashev/vfs-s3.git --path .claude/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add abashev/vfs-s3 --skill planning-and-task-breakdown -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install abashev/vfs-s3 planning-and-task-breakdown --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/abashev/vfs-s3.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown .gemini/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "planning-and-task-breakdown" agent skill from https://github.com/abashev/vfs-s3/tree/17.0/.claude/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown into .gemini/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "planning-and-task-breakdown", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install abashev/vfs-s3 planning-and-task-breakdownInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add abashev/vfs-s3 --skill planning-and-task-breakdown -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/abashev/vfs-s3.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown .github/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "planning-and-task-breakdown" agent skill from https://github.com/abashev/vfs-s3/tree/17.0/.claude/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown into .github/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "planning-and-task-breakdown", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add abashev/vfs-s3 --skill planning-and-task-breakdown -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install abashev/vfs-s3 planning-and-task-breakdown --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/abashev/vfs-s3.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown .opencode/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "planning-and-task-breakdown" agent skill from https://github.com/abashev/vfs-s3/tree/17.0/.claude/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown into .opencode/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "planning-and-task-breakdown", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
planning-and-task-breakdownBreaks work into ordered tasks. An agent skill from abashev/vfs-s3.
Planning And Task Breakdown is an agent skill from abashev/vfs-s3. Breaks work into ordered tasks. Use when you have a spec or clear requirements and need to break work into implementable tasks. Use when a task feels too large to start, when you need to estimate scope, or when parallel work is possible.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.9k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Task breakdown and Planning. The repository describes itself as: Amazon S3 driver for Apache commons-vfs (Virtual File System) project. The licence is Apache-2.0.
5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit fae1983. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are markdown).
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Planning And Task Breakdown loads about 1.9k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 66 tokens; SKILL.md has 707 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
The full file from abashev/vfs-s3 at commit fae1983, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© abashev). 707 words, ~1,889 tokens.
.claude/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).Decompose work into small, verifiable tasks with explicit acceptance criteria. Good task breakdown is the difference between an agent that completes work reliably and one that produces a tangled mess. Every task should be small enough to implement, test, and verify in a single focused session.
When NOT to use: Single-file changes with obvious scope, or when the spec already contains well-defined tasks.
Before writing any code, operate in read-only mode:
Do NOT write code during planning. The output is a plan document saved to tasks/plan.md and a task list saved to tasks/todo.md, not implementation.
Map what depends on what:
Database schema
│
├── API models/types
│ │
│ ├── API endpoints
│ │ │
│ │ └── Frontend API client
│ │ │
│ │ └── UI components
│ │
│ └── Validation logic
│
└── Seed data / migrationsImplementation order follows the dependency graph bottom-up: build foundations first.
Instead of building all the database, then all the API, then all the UI — build one complete feature path at a time:
Bad (horizontal slicing):
Task 1: Build entire database schema
Task 2: Build all API endpoints
Task 3: Build all UI components
Task 4: Connect everythingGood (vertical slicing):
Task 1: User can create an account (schema + API + UI for registration)
Task 2: User can log in (auth schema + API + UI for login)
Task 3: User can create a task (task schema + API + UI for creation)
Task 4: User can view task list (query + API + UI for list view)Each vertical slice delivers working, testable functionality.
Each task follows this structure:
## Task [N]: [Short descriptive title]
**Description:** One paragraph explaining what this task accomplishes.
**Acceptance criteria:**
- [ ] [Specific, testable condition]
- [ ] [Specific, testable condition]
**Verification:**
- [ ] Tests pass: `npm test -- --grep "feature-name"`
- [ ] Build succeeds: `npm run build`
- [ ] Manual check: [description of what to verify]
**Dependencies:** [Task numbers this depends on, or "None"]
**Files likely touched:**
- `src/path/to/file.ts`
- `tests/path/to/test.ts`
**Estimated scope:** [Small: 1-2 files | Medium: 3-5 files | Large: 5+ files]Arrange tasks so that:
Add explicit checkpoints:
## Checkpoint: After Tasks 1-3
- [ ] All tests pass
- [ ] Application builds without errors
- [ ] Core user flow works end-to-end
- [ ] Review with human before proceeding| Size | Files | Scope | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| XS | 1 | Single function or config change | Add a validation rule |
| S | 1-2 | One component or endpoint | Add a new API endpoint |
| M | 3-5 | One feature slice | User registration flow |
| L | 5-8 | Multi-component feature | Search with filtering and pagination |
| XL | 8+ | Too large — break it down further | — |
If a task is L or larger, it should be broken into smaller tasks. An agent performs best on S and M tasks.
When to break a task down further:
tasks/plan.md.tasks/todo.md.Create the tasks/ directory if it does not exist. These paths are the convention expected by the /build command and other downstream tooling.
# Implementation Plan: [Feature/Project Name]
## Overview
[One paragraph summary of what we're building]
## Architecture Decisions
- [Key decision 1 and rationale]
- [Key decision 2 and rationale]
## Task List
### Phase 1: Foundation
- [ ] Task 1: ...
- [ ] Task 2: ...
### Checkpoint: Foundation
- [ ] Tests pass, builds clean
### Phase 2: Core Features
- [ ] Task 3: ...
- [ ] Task 4: ...
### Checkpoint: Core Features
- [ ] End-to-end flow works
### Phase 3: Polish
- [ ] Task 5: ...
- [ ] Task 6: ...
### Checkpoint: Complete
- [ ] All acceptance criteria met
- [ ] Ready for review
## Risks and Mitigations
| Risk | Impact | Mitigation |
|------|--------|------------|
| [Risk] | [High/Med/Low] | [Strategy] |
## Open Questions
- [Question needing human input]When multiple agents or sessions are available:
| Rationalization | Reality |
|---|---|
| "I'll figure it out as I go" | That's how you end up with a tangled mess and rework. 10 minutes of planning saves hours. |
| "The tasks are obvious" | Write them down anyway. Explicit tasks surface hidden dependencies and forgotten edge cases. |
| "Planning is overhead" | Planning is the task. Implementation without a plan is just typing. |
| "I can hold it all in my head" | Context windows are finite. Written plans survive session boundaries and compaction. |
Before starting implementation, confirm:
Acceptance criteria are per-task and answer "did we build the right thing?". They sit on top of the project-wide Definition of Done, the standing bar every task clears before it counts as done. See references/definition-of-done.md.
© abashev, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown of abashev/vfs-s3.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit fae1983
We found 12 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 8 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in abashev/vfs-s3, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
Planning And Task Breakdown next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning And Task Breakdown this skillabashev/vfs-s3 | 106 | 8 repos | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| ULW Plan Workflowcode-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent | 70k | — | ~3.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Ask NavigatorYeachan-Heo/oh-my-claudecode | 40k | — | ~4.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Implementation Plan Creatortailcallhq/forgecode | 7.6k | 1 repos | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Harness PlanChachamaru127/claude-code-harness | 3.2k | — | ~3.7k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Plannotator Goal Setupbacknotprop/plannotator | 9.2k | — | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 |
code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent
Explore-first planning that turns a vague or large request into one decision-complete work plan, written only after your approval and executed by a separate worker.
Yeachan-Heo/oh-my-claudecode
Charts a foggy effort into a map of decision tickets on the repo's issue tracker and works through them one per session, producing decisions rather than deliverables.
tailcallhq/forgecode
Writes a structured Markdown implementation plan with checkbox tasks, verification criteria and risks, then checks it with a validation script; no code changes.
Chachamaru127/claude-code-harness
Creates and maintains Plans.md task plans with a spec delta, updates task markers and syncs plan progress with the implementation.
backnotprop/plannotator
Guides the agent from a vague objective to a written goal package under goals/, using a confirmed restatement, a browser interview, a fact sheet and a codebase pass.
Yeachan-Heo/gajae-code
Breaks a brief into ordered goals, keeps a durable ledger under .omc/ultragoal and prints handoff text so a Claude /goal run survives session restarts.
abashev/vfs-s3
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abashev/vfs-s3
Subjects every non-trivial decision to a fresh-context adversarial review before it stands.
abashev/vfs-s3
Delivers changes incrementally. An agent skill from abashev/vfs-s3.
abashev/vfs-s3
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abashev/vfs-s3
Drives development with tests. An agent skill from abashev/vfs-s3.
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Breaks work into ordered tasks. An agent skill from abashev/vfs-s3. Planning And Task Breakdown is an agent skill from abashev/vfs-s3. Breaks work into ordered tasks.
Planning And Task Breakdown fits situations like: you have a spec; clear requirements and need to break work into implementable tasks; A task feels too large to start; you need to estimate scope.
Run `npx skills add abashev/vfs-s3 --skill planning-and-task-breakdown -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown in abashev/vfs-s3) into .claude/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
Run `npx skills add abashev/vfs-s3 --skill planning-and-task-breakdown -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown in abashev/vfs-s3) into .agents/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add abashev/vfs-s3 --skill planning-and-task-breakdown -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown, .gemini/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown, .github/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown and .opencode/skills/planning-and-task-breakdown in your project.
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Planning And Task Breakdown is instructions for the agent only.
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
Planning And Task Breakdown is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
About 1.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Planning And Task Breakdown: ULW Plan Workflow (code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent, 70k stars), Ask Navigator (Yeachan-Heo/oh-my-claudecode, 40k stars), Implementation Plan Creator (tailcallhq/forgecode, 7.6k stars) and Harness Plan (Chachamaru127/claude-code-harness, 3.2k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
abashev (a GitHub user) maintains it in abashev/vfs-s3, which has 106 GitHub stars. The repository holds 7 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.
Source: abashev/vfs-s3 on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.