Agent skill

Plugin Planning

by glittercowboy in glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system

Orchestrates Stage 0 research and planning for JUCE plugins - creates architecture.md and plan.md contracts through subagent delegation.

No licenceAuto-check: notesAgent Workflows

Install Plugin Planning

skills CLI
$ npx skills add glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system --skill plugin-planning -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system plugin-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/glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/plugin-planning .claude/skills/plugin-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/

Facts

Skill name
plugin-planning
GitHub stars
216
Token cost
~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
355 words
Files
16 (incl. references, assets)
Skills in repo
15
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Orchestrates Stage 0 research and planning for JUCE plugins - creates architecture.md and plan.md contracts through subagent delegation.

  • Works in 4 steps: creative-brief.md must exist at… → Parameter specification required… → Plugin status must be ≤ Stage 0 (not… → …
  • Creative brief exists and plugin needs DSP architecture specification
  • SKILL.md covers Entry Point, Stage 0: Research & Planning and Reference Files
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Plugin Planning is an agent skill from glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system. Orchestrates Stage 0 research and planning for JUCE plugins - creates architecture.md and plan.md contracts through subagent delegation. Use when creative brief exists and plugin needs DSP architecture specification, complexity assessment, or implementation planning. Invoke via /plan command, natural language (plan architecture, research DSP), or as first implementation step.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 18 other files, including reference files and assets (for example `archive/stage-0-research.md`, `archive/stage-1-planning.md` and `assets/architecture-template.md`).

It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Subagents and Planning. The repository describes itself as: AI-assisted JUCE plugin development system for MacOS by TÂCHES.

When your agent uses it

  • Creative brief exists and plugin needs DSP architecture specification
  • Complexity assessment
  • Implementation planning

Example prompts

  • “Use the plugin-planning skill to orchestrate Stage 0 research and planning for JUCE plugins - creates architecture.md and plan.md contracts through…”
  • “/plugin-planning”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Task, WebSearch, Grep, Glob

Workflow steps

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

  1. creative-brief.md must exist at plugins/[Name]/.ideas/
  2. Parameter specification required (parameter-spec.md OR parameter-spec-draft.md)
  3. Plugin status must be ≤ Stage 0 (not already in implementation)
  4. Detect existing contracts (architecture.md, plan.md) for resume logic

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e965cdd. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Read
    • Write
    • Edit
    • Bash
    • Task
    • WebSearch
    • Grep
    • Glob

    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

Plugin Planning loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs, and up to ~4.2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 99 tokens; SKILL.md has 355 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~99
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.2k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~4.2k

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: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
    allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Task, WebSearch, Grep, Glob

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 355 words (~1,200 tokens).

“Purpose: Handle Stage 0 (Research & Planning - consolidated) through subagent delegation. This skill creates the foundation contracts (architecture.md, plan.md) that guide implementation in a single consolidated pass.”

— opening of SKILL.md by glittercowboy
name
plugin-planning
allowed-tools
Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Task, WebSearch, Grep, Glob
preconditions
creative-brief.md must exist in plugins/[Name]/.ideas/, Parameter specification must exist (parameter-spec.md OR parameter-spec-draft.md), Plugin must NOT…

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 15 other files (references, assets) in .claude/skills/plugin-planning of glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system.

  • SKILL.md
  • archive/stage-0-research.md
  • archive/stage-1-planning.md
  • assets/architecture-template.md
  • assets/continue-stage-0-template.md
  • assets/continue-stage-1-template.md
  • assets/decision-menu-stage-0.md
  • assets/decision-menu-stage-1.md
  • assets/implementation-handoff-template.md
  • assets/plan-template.md
  • assets/precondition-failed.md
  • assets/stage-1-blocked.md
  • references/git-operations.md
  • references/preconditions.md
  • references/state-updates.md
  • references/subagent-invocation.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e965cdd

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Categories

Questions about Plugin Planning

What does Plugin Planning do?

Orchestrates Stage 0 research and planning for JUCE plugins - creates architecture.md and plan.md contracts through subagent delegation. Plugin Planning is an agent skill from glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system.md contracts through subagent delegation.

When should I use Plugin Planning?

Plugin Planning fits situations like: creative brief exists and plugin needs DSP architecture specification; complexity assessment; implementation planning.

How do I install Plugin Planning in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Plugin Planning in Codex?

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

Can I use Plugin 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 glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system --skill plugin-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/plugin-planning, .gemini/skills/plugin-planning, .github/skills/plugin-planning and .opencode/skills/plugin-planning in your project.

What does Plugin Planning need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Plugin Planning is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Task, WebSearch, Grep, Glob.

Does Plugin 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 Plugin Planning safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Plugin Planning use?

No licence was found for Plugin Planning or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Plugin Planning use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.8k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 3k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Plugin Planning?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Plugin Planning: Subagent Driven Development (Asvarox/allkaraoke, 261 stars), Exec (umputun/cc-thingz, 484 stars), Executing Plans (GanyuanRan/Aegis, 1.3k stars) and Autopilot End-to-End Builder (nick-vels/skills, 407 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Plugin Planning?

glittercowboy (a GitHub user) maintains it in glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system, which has 216 GitHub stars. The repository holds 15 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on November 19, 2025.

Source: glittercowboy/plugin-freedom-system on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.