Task Planning

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Tasks that involve Planning

Example prompts

• “/task-planning”

Workflow steps

11 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1First read this complete SKILL.md and use the returned skillToken.
2. 2Before a real bundled tool call, call task-planning with action: "update" and the current todo list.
3. 3Use the returned planningId on the next real bundled tool call.
4. 4Reuse the same planningId across multiple tool calls while working through the plan. It does not expire after successful tool calls.
5. 5Do not update the plan after every tool call just because a tool ran. A single plan step may require many tool calls.
6. 6The gateway may include a single planningReminder field on successful bundled tool results. It only refers to the current in_progress item…
7. 7If the same planningId uses shell_command three or more times in a row without a plan update or another successful bundled tool, the…
8. 8If multi_edit_file fails three or more times in a row for the same planningId, the gateway may include editFailureReminder. Use it as a…
9. 9If the approach or step list changes, call action: "update" with the new plan and use the returned new planningId. Stop using the old…
10. 10Use action: "set_status" for simple state changes. If item is omitted, it updates the current in_progress item. When that item is set to…
11. 11When every plan item is updated to completed, the gateway closes that planningId and it can no longer be used for real bundled tool calls…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9cfc330. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  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.

• Runs code

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • rg

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md.

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Task Planning loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 40 tokens; SKILL.md has 508 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~40

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.1k

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.

Safety

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.

SKILL.md

The full file from aiguicai/MCP-Gateway at commit 9cfc330, republished under its MIT licence (© aiguicai). 508 words, ~1,051 tokens.

name

task-planning

description

Use this bundled skill to create, update, and clear the in-memory todo state required before real bundled tool calls when task planning is enabled.

metadata.short-description

Lightweight todo planning workflow

{
  "action": "update",
  "explanation": "Starting the implementation",
  "plan": [
    { "step": "Inspect existing skill registration", "status": "completed" },
    { "step": "Add the planning gate", "status": "in_progress" },
    { "step": "Run focused tests", "status": "pending" }
  ],
  "skillToken": "<token from this SKILL.md>"
}

{
  "planning": {
    "planningId": "plan-..."
  }
}

{
  "planningId": "plan-..."
}

{
  "action": "set_status",
  "planningId": "plan-...",
  "status": "completed",
  "skillToken": "<token from this SKILL.md>"
}

{
  "action": "set_status",
  "planningId": "plan-...",
  "item": 2,
  "status": "in_progress",
  "skillToken": "<token from this SKILL.md>"
}

© aiguicai, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in mcp-gateway/crates/gateway-http/builtin-skills/task-planning of aiguicai/MCP-Gateway.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9cfc330