Brainstorming
xpinjection/test-driven-spring-boot
You MUST use this before any creative work - creating features, building components, adding functionality, or modifying behavior.
A skill your agent uses when starting any conversation - establishes mandatory workflows for finding and using skills, including using Read tool before announcing usage, following brainstorming…
Install Using Plan And Execute
$ npx skills add ed3dai/ed3d-plugins --skill using-plan-and-execute -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install ed3dai/ed3d-plugins using-plan-and-execute --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/ed3dai/ed3d-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/using-plan-and-execute .claude/skills/using-plan-and-execute && 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 "using-plan-and-execute" agent skill from https://github.com/ed3dai/ed3d-plugins/tree/main/plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/using-plan-and-execute into .claude/skills/using-plan-and-execute/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "using-plan-and-execute", 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/ed3dai/ed3d-plugins/tree/main/plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/using-plan-and-executeType 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 ed3dai/ed3d-plugins --skill using-plan-and-execute -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install ed3dai/ed3d-plugins using-plan-and-execute --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ed3dai/ed3d-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/using-plan-and-execute .agents/skills/using-plan-and-execute && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "using-plan-and-execute" agent skill from https://github.com/ed3dai/ed3d-plugins/tree/main/plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/using-plan-and-execute into .agents/skills/using-plan-and-execute/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "using-plan-and-execute", 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 ed3dai/ed3d-plugins --skill using-plan-and-execute -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install ed3dai/ed3d-plugins using-plan-and-execute --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ed3dai/ed3d-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/using-plan-and-execute .cursor/skills/using-plan-and-execute && 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 "using-plan-and-execute" agent skill from https://github.com/ed3dai/ed3d-plugins/tree/main/plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/using-plan-and-execute into .cursor/skills/using-plan-and-execute/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "using-plan-and-execute", 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/ed3dai/ed3d-plugins.git --path plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/using-plan-and-execute--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 ed3dai/ed3d-plugins --skill using-plan-and-execute -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install ed3dai/ed3d-plugins using-plan-and-execute --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ed3dai/ed3d-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/using-plan-and-execute .gemini/skills/using-plan-and-execute && 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 "using-plan-and-execute" agent skill from https://github.com/ed3dai/ed3d-plugins/tree/main/plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/using-plan-and-execute into .gemini/skills/using-plan-and-execute/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "using-plan-and-execute", 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 ed3dai/ed3d-plugins using-plan-and-executeInstalls 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 ed3dai/ed3d-plugins --skill using-plan-and-execute -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ed3dai/ed3d-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/using-plan-and-execute .github/skills/using-plan-and-execute && 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 "using-plan-and-execute" agent skill from https://github.com/ed3dai/ed3d-plugins/tree/main/plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/using-plan-and-execute into .github/skills/using-plan-and-execute/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "using-plan-and-execute", 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 ed3dai/ed3d-plugins --skill using-plan-and-execute -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install ed3dai/ed3d-plugins using-plan-and-execute --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ed3dai/ed3d-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/using-plan-and-execute .opencode/skills/using-plan-and-execute && 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 "using-plan-and-execute" agent skill from https://github.com/ed3dai/ed3d-plugins/tree/main/plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/using-plan-and-execute into .opencode/skills/using-plan-and-execute/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "using-plan-and-execute", 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
using-plan-and-execute- GitHub stars
- 250
- Token cost
- ~1.1k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 653 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 34
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when starting any conversation - establishes mandatory workflows for finding and using skills, including using Read tool before announcing usage, following brainstorming…
- Works in 3 steps: ☐ List to yourself ALL available skills… → ☐ Ask yourself: "Does ANY available… → ☐ If yes: use the Skill tool to invoke…
- Starting any conversation - establishes mandatory workflows for finding and using skills
- SKILL.md covers MANDATORY FIRST RESPONSE…, Critical Rules, Common Rationalizations That… and Skills with Checklists, plus 3 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Using Plan And Execute is an agent skill from ed3dai/ed3d-plugins. Use when starting any conversation - establishes mandatory workflows for finding and using skills, including using Read tool before announcing usage, following brainstorming before coding, and creating task todos for checklists
Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k 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 Agent Workflows, covering Brainstorming. The repository describes itself as: Ed's repo of Claude Code plugins, centered around a research-plan-implement workflow. Only a tiny bit cursed. If you're lucky.
When your agent uses it
- Starting any conversation - establishes mandatory workflows for finding and using skills
- Including using Read tool before announcing usage
- Following brainstorming before coding
- Creating task todos for checklists
Example prompts
- “/using-plan-and-execute”
Workflow steps
3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- ☐ List to yourself ALL available skills (shown in your system context)
- ☐ Ask yourself: "Does ANY available skill match this request?"
- ☐ If yes: use the Skill tool to invoke the skill and follow the skill exactly.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 0c90f4b. 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.
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
Using Plan And Execute loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 63 tokens; SKILL.md has 653 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.
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
Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 653 words (~1,145 tokens).
“If you think there is even a 1% chance a skill might apply to what you are doing, you ABSOLUTELY MUST read the skill.”
- name
- using-plan-and-execute
- user-invocable
- false
Files
Just SKILL.md in plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/using-plan-and-execute of ed3dai/ed3d-plugins.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 0c90f4b
Compare with similar skills
Using Plan And Execute 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Using Plan And Execute this skilled3dai/ed3d-plugins | 250 | — | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Brainstormingxpinjection/test-driven-spring-boot | 112 | 54 repos | ~2.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| LLM Councilgcpdev/llm-council-skill | 461 | 1 repos | ~1k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Typesafe AIOpenAgentsInc/openagents | 455 | 9 repos | ~2.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Yao Meta Skillyaojingang/yao-meta-skill | 2.7k | — | ~768 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Trellis StartROYIANS/foliq-print-template-designer | 135 | 6 repos | ~646 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Using Plan And Execute
What does Using Plan And Execute do?
A skill your agent uses when starting any conversation - establishes mandatory workflows for finding and using skills, including using Read tool before announcing usage, following brainstorming…. Using Plan And Execute is an agent skill from ed3dai/ed3d-plugins.
When should I use Using Plan And Execute?
Using Plan And Execute fits situations like: starting any conversation - establishes mandatory workflows for finding and using skills; including using Read tool before announcing usage; following brainstorming before coding; creating task todos for checklists.
How do I install Using Plan And Execute in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add ed3dai/ed3d-plugins --skill using-plan-and-execute -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/using-plan-and-execute in ed3dai/ed3d-plugins) into .claude/skills/using-plan-and-execute in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Using Plan And Execute in Codex?
Run `npx skills add ed3dai/ed3d-plugins --skill using-plan-and-execute -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/using-plan-and-execute in ed3dai/ed3d-plugins) into .agents/skills/using-plan-and-execute in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Using Plan And Execute 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 ed3dai/ed3d-plugins --skill using-plan-and-execute -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/using-plan-and-execute, .gemini/skills/using-plan-and-execute, .github/skills/using-plan-and-execute and .opencode/skills/using-plan-and-execute in your project.
What does Using Plan And Execute need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Using Plan And Execute is instructions for the agent only.
Does Using Plan And Execute 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 Using Plan And Execute 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 Using Plan And Execute use?
No licence was found for Using Plan And Execute or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Using Plan And Execute use?
About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.6k 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 Using Plan And Execute?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Using Plan And Execute: Brainstorming (xpinjection/test-driven-spring-boot, 112 stars), LLM Council (gcpdev/llm-council-skill, 461 stars), Typesafe AI (OpenAgentsInc/openagents, 455 stars) and Yao Meta Skill (yaojingang/yao-meta-skill, 2.7k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Using Plan And Execute?
ed3dai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in ed3dai/ed3d-plugins, which has 250 GitHub stars. The repository holds 34 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 6, 2026.
Source: ed3dai/ed3d-plugins on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.