Agent skill

Planning

Planning work as vertical slices or an explicitly selected mechanism-reduction program in small, known-good increments, with independent pull requests or an optional stacked-PR topology across one…

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Install Planning

skills CLI

$ npx skills add citypaul/.dotfiles --skill planning -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install citypaul/.dotfiles planning --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/citypaul/.dotfiles.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/claude/.claude/skills/planning .claude/skills/planning && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "planning" agent skill from https://github.com/citypaul/.dotfiles/tree/main/claude/.claude/skills/planning into .claude/skills/planning/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "planning", 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

$skill-installer install https://github.com/citypaul/.dotfiles/tree/main/claude/.claude/skills/planning

Type 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add citypaul/.dotfiles --skill planning -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install citypaul/.dotfiles planning --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/citypaul/.dotfiles.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/claude/.claude/skills/planning .agents/skills/planning && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "planning" agent skill from https://github.com/citypaul/.dotfiles/tree/main/claude/.claude/skills/planning into .agents/skills/planning/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "planning", 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add citypaul/.dotfiles --skill planning -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install citypaul/.dotfiles planning --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/citypaul/.dotfiles.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/claude/.claude/skills/planning .cursor/skills/planning && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "planning" agent skill from https://github.com/citypaul/.dotfiles/tree/main/claude/.claude/skills/planning into .cursor/skills/planning/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "planning", 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

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/citypaul/.dotfiles.git --path claude/.claude/skills/planning

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add citypaul/.dotfiles --skill planning -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install citypaul/.dotfiles planning --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/citypaul/.dotfiles.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/claude/.claude/skills/planning .gemini/skills/planning && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "planning" agent skill from https://github.com/citypaul/.dotfiles/tree/main/claude/.claude/skills/planning into .gemini/skills/planning/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "planning", 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.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install citypaul/.dotfiles planning

Installs 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).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add citypaul/.dotfiles --skill planning -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/citypaul/.dotfiles.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/claude/.claude/skills/planning .github/skills/planning && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "planning" agent skill from https://github.com/citypaul/.dotfiles/tree/main/claude/.claude/skills/planning into .github/skills/planning/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "planning", 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add citypaul/.dotfiles --skill planning -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install citypaul/.dotfiles planning --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/citypaul/.dotfiles.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/claude/.claude/skills/planning .opencode/skills/planning && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "planning" agent skill from https://github.com/citypaul/.dotfiles/tree/main/claude/.claude/skills/planning into .opencode/skills/planning/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "planning", 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.

Facts

Skill name: planning
GitHub stars: 740
Token cost: ~7.1k tokens
SKILL.md length: 2,304 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 44
Repo updated: Oct 9, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: Custom licence

At a glance

Planning work as vertical slices or an explicitly selected mechanism-reduction program in small, known-good increments, with independent pull requests or an optional stacked-PR topology across one…

Works in 5 steps: Name the outcome — describe the user- or… → Map the path — list the real entry… → Pick the walking skeleton — choose the… → …
Starting significant work
SKILL.md covers Relationship To Story Splitting, Plans Directory, Prefer Small Reviewable PRs and What Makes a Vertical Slice, plus 10 more sections
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Planning is an agent skill from citypaul/.dotfiles. Planning work as vertical slices or an explicitly selected mechanism-reduction program in small, known-good increments, with independent pull requests or an optional stacked-PR topology across one or more ordered slices. Use when starting significant work, turning already-split stories into implementation plans, planning PRs, or sequencing complex tasks. For a mechanism-reduction program, use reduce-system-complexity first to define the conserved contract, terminal mechanism-removal state, and behavior/mechanism…

Its SKILL.md is about 7.1k 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 Development, covering User stories, Planning and Pull requests.

When your agent uses it

Starting significant work
Turning already-split stories into implementation plans
Sequencing complex tasks

Example prompts

“/planning”

Workflow steps

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

Name the outcome — describe the user- or system-visible result in one sentence.
Map the path — list the real entry point, business path, state change, output, and observability.
Pick the walking skeleton — choose the thinnest end-to-end version that proves the path works.
Add one behavior or state at a time — validation, permissions, error states, empty states, retries, analytics, and polish become later…
Check reversibility — each slice should be easy to revert or disable without undoing unrelated work.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cd4028d. 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
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.
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

Planning loads about 7.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 207 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,304 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~207
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~7.1k

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

Auto-check passed

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.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 2,304 words (~7,121 tokens).

“Plan by vertical slices wherever possible. Each slice delivers the smallest end-to-end behavior a real actor can observe, while leaving the codebase in a known-good state where all tests pass.”

— opening of SKILL.md by citypaul, Custom licence

name: planning

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in claude/.claude/skills/planning of citypaul/.dotfiles.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit cd4028d

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PRP Loop: Autonomous PipelineWirasm/prp	2.3k	—	~863	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	7 days ago
Implement FeatureDevBetterCom/DevBetterWeb	157	—	~1.5k	Automated safety check: Pass	None	7 days ago
Refactor Design Reportpenwyp/ClaudePreference	136	—	~1.4k	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	4 mo ago

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Questions about Planning

What does Planning do?

Planning work as vertical slices or an explicitly selected mechanism-reduction program in small, known-good increments, with independent pull requests or an optional stacked-PR topology across one…. dotfiles. Planning work as vertical slices or an explicitly selected mechanism-reduction program in small, known-good increments, with independent pull requests or an optional stacked-PR topology across one or more ordered slices.

When should I use Planning?

Planning fits situations like: starting significant work; turning already-split stories into implementation plans; sequencing complex tasks.

How do I install Planning in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add citypaul/.dotfiles --skill planning -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (claude/.claude/skills/planning in citypaul/.dotfiles) into .claude/skills/planning in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Planning in Codex?

Run `npx skills add citypaul/.dotfiles --skill planning -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (claude/.claude/skills/planning in citypaul/.dotfiles) into .agents/skills/planning in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Planning in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add citypaul/.dotfiles --skill planning -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, .gemini/skills/planning, .github/skills/planning and .opencode/skills/planning in your project.

What does Planning need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Planning is instructions for the agent only.

Does Planning access the network?

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.

Is Planning safe to install?

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.

What licence does Planning use?

Planning has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Planning use?

About 7.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 28k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Planning?

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Who maintains Planning?

citypaul (a GitHub user) maintains it in citypaul/.dotfiles, which has 740 GitHub stars. The repository holds 44 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: citypaul/.dotfiles on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Planning

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Files

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