Agent skill

Writing Plans

by peintune in peintune/runjam

A skill your agent uses for complex multi-step tasks. An agent skill from peintune/runjam.

MITAuto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Writing Plans

skills CLI
$ npx skills add peintune/runjam --skill writing-plans -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install peintune/runjam writing-plans --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/peintune/runjam.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/src-tauri/builtin-skills/writing-plans .claude/skills/writing-plans && 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
writing-plans
GitHub stars
228
Token cost
~213 tokens
SKILL.md length
85 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
7
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses for complex multi-step tasks. An agent skill from peintune/runjam.

  • Works in 5 steps: Goal: What are we trying to achieve? → Approach: High-level strategy → Steps: Ordered, actionable items → …
  • Complex multi-step tasks
  • SKILL.md covers Plan Structure, When to Plan and Anti-Patterns
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Writing Plans is an agent skill from peintune/runjam. Use for complex multi-step tasks. Create a structured plan before writing code. Use when the user asks for a plan, spec, or when the task is too large to implement in one step.

Its SKILL.md is about 210 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 Planning. The repository describes itself as: One desktop for all your AI coding Agent — Claude Code, Codex CLI & Gemini CLI. Auto-detect, one-click install, unified chat, file explorer, terminal & editor. Local-first. Built… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Complex multi-step tasks
  • The user asks for a plan
  • The task is too large to implement in one step

Example prompts

  • “/writing-plans”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Goal: What are we trying to achieve?
  2. Approach: High-level strategy
  3. Steps: Ordered, actionable items
  4. Risks: What could go wrong?
  5. Alternatives: What else was considered?

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b186c61. 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

Writing Plans loads about 213 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 48 tokens; SKILL.md has 85 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~48
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~213

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

The full file from peintune/runjam at commit b186c61, republished under its MIT licence (© peintune). 85 words, ~213 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/writing-plans/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
writing-plans
description
Use for complex multi-step tasks. Create a structured plan before writing code. Use when the user asks for a plan, spec, or when the task is too large to implement in one step.

Writing Plans

For complex tasks, always plan before implementing.

Plan Structure

  1. Goal: What are we trying to achieve?
  2. Approach: High-level strategy
  3. Steps: Ordered, actionable items
  4. Risks: What could go wrong?
  5. Alternatives: What else was considered?

When to Plan

  • Task spans multiple files or modules
  • User explicitly asks for a plan
  • Architecture decisions are needed
  • Breaking changes to existing APIs

Anti-Patterns

  • Planning for trivial tasks (single-file, single-function)
  • Over-planning: more time planning than coding
  • Plan has no action items — just abstract theory

© peintune, 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 src-tauri/builtin-skills/writing-plans of peintune/runjam.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b186c61

Compare with similar skills

Writing Plans 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.

Writing Plans compared with similar skills
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Writing Plans this skillpeintune/runjam228—~213Automated safety check: PassMIT
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OpenSpec Guided OnboardingFission-AI/OpenSpec71k1 repos~4.5kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Writing Plansgeeksblabla/stateofdev.ma16357 repos~661Automated safety check: PassNone
Subagent Driven DevelopmentAsvarox/allkaraoke26137 repos~1.2kAutomated safety check: PassNone

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Categories

Questions about Writing Plans

What does Writing Plans do?

A skill your agent uses for complex multi-step tasks. An agent skill from peintune/runjam. Writing Plans is an agent skill from peintune/runjam. Use for complex multi-step tasks.

When should I use Writing Plans?

Writing Plans fits situations like: complex multi-step tasks; the user asks for a plan; the task is too large to implement in one step.

How do I install Writing Plans in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add peintune/runjam --skill writing-plans -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (src-tauri/builtin-skills/writing-plans in peintune/runjam) into .claude/skills/writing-plans in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Writing Plans in Codex?

Run `npx skills add peintune/runjam --skill writing-plans -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (src-tauri/builtin-skills/writing-plans in peintune/runjam) into .agents/skills/writing-plans in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Writing Plans 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 peintune/runjam --skill writing-plans -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/writing-plans, .gemini/skills/writing-plans, .github/skills/writing-plans and .opencode/skills/writing-plans in your project.

What does Writing Plans need to run?

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

Does Writing Plans 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 Writing Plans 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 Writing Plans use?

Writing Plans is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Writing Plans use?

About 213 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 852 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 Writing Plans?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Writing Plans: Executing Plans Inline (obra/superpowers, 297k stars), Interview Me (addyosmani/agent-skills, 103k stars), OpenSpec Guided Onboarding (Fission-AI/OpenSpec, 71k stars) and Writing Plans (geeksblabla/stateofdev.ma, 163 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Writing Plans?

peintune (a GitHub user) maintains it in peintune/runjam, which has 228 GitHub stars. The repository holds 7 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

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