Agent skill

AK Plan

by saltbo in saltbo/agent-kanban

Breaks a project into dependency-aware Tasks on an Agent Kanban board through Realmroot Toolbox, previews them for approval, then follows each Task through review.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install AK Plan

skills CLI
$ npx skills add saltbo/agent-kanban --skill ak-plan -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install saltbo/agent-kanban ak-plan --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/saltbo/agent-kanban.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ak-plan .claude/skills/ak-plan && 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
ak-plan
GitHub stars
488
Token cost
~903 tokens
SKILL.md length
298 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
4
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Breaks a project into dependency-aware Tasks on an Agent Kanban board through Realmroot Toolbox, previews them for approval, then follows each Task through review.

  • You explicitly ask for an AK Plan or an Agent Kanban project plan
  • SKILL.md covers Plan before creating, Create resources and Execute and review
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Running a multi-Task project through an AK board

What it does

AK Plan is for explicit requests to plan or run a project on an Agent Kanban board. The agent first reads the repository and the existing boards, repositories and tasks through realmroot toolbox, then defines the architecture direction, shared contracts, ownership boundaries and dependency graph. Work is split by independently reviewable behavior or module rather than chronological steps or job titles, with no final catch-all QA Task, because each Task owns its implementation and proof.

Before anything is created, you see the full Board and Task preview, with each Task's goal, assignee, repository, dependencies and acceptance checks, and you must confirm. Boards and repositories are created only if missing, assignees come from Agents reporting schedulable true, and each Task is created unassigned and then patched with its assignee. Real prerequisites go into dependsOn, and only independent Tasks run in parallel. After creation the agent keeps waiting in bounded intervals until every Task is terminal, and it verifies submitted work and rereads the Task before each review decision.

When your agent uses it

  • You explicitly ask for an AK Plan or an Agent Kanban project plan
  • Running a multi-Task project through an AK board
  • Splitting a feature into reviewable Tasks with dependencies and acceptance checks

Example prompts

  • “Use AK Plan to break the billing migration into Tasks on our Agent Kanban board.”
  • “Plan this project through an AK board and show me the full Task preview before creating anything.”

Requirements

  • The realmroot CLI with Toolbox access to an Agent Kanban instance

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 7fea6dc. 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 bash).

    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

AK Plan loads about 903 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 57 tokens; SKILL.md has 298 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~57
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~903

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 298 words (~903 tokens).

“Read the repository and existing AK resources before decomposition:”

— opening of SKILL.md by saltbo, Custom licence
name
ak-plan

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/ak-plan of saltbo/agent-kanban.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 7fea6dc

Compare with similar skills

AK Plan 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.

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Team DispatchLeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills2.2k—~3.2kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
agtx One-Shot Project Runnerfynnfluegge/agtx1.7k—~3.8kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0
MetaBot Agent Teams CLIxvirobotics/metabot994—~693Automated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about AK Plan

What does AK Plan do?

Breaks a project into dependency-aware Tasks on an Agent Kanban board through Realmroot Toolbox, previews them for approval, then follows each Task through review. AK Plan is for explicit requests to plan or run a project on an Agent Kanban board. The agent first reads the repository and the existing boards, repositories and tasks through realmroot toolbox, then defines the architecture direction, shared contracts, ownership boundaries and dependency graph.

When should I use AK Plan?

AK Plan fits situations like: you explicitly ask for an AK Plan or an Agent Kanban project plan; running a multi-Task project through an AK board; splitting a feature into reviewable Tasks with dependencies and acceptance checks.

How do I install AK Plan in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add saltbo/agent-kanban --skill ak-plan -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ak-plan in saltbo/agent-kanban) into .claude/skills/ak-plan in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install AK Plan in Codex?

Run `npx skills add saltbo/agent-kanban --skill ak-plan -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ak-plan in saltbo/agent-kanban) into .agents/skills/ak-plan in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use AK Plan 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 saltbo/agent-kanban --skill ak-plan -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ak-plan, .gemini/skills/ak-plan, .github/skills/ak-plan and .opencode/skills/ak-plan in your project.

What does AK Plan need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: AK Plan is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: The realmroot CLI with Toolbox access to an Agent Kanban instance.

Does AK Plan 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 AK Plan 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 AK Plan use?

AK Plan 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 AK Plan use?

About 903 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.6k 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 AK Plan?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with AK Plan: Blueprint Construction Planner (affaan-m/ECC, 276k stars), Launch Delivery Pipeline (Yeachan-Heo/oh-my-claudecode, 40k stars), Team Dispatch (LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills, 2.2k stars) and agtx One-Shot Project Runner (fynnfluegge/agtx, 1.7k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains AK Plan?

saltbo (a GitHub user) maintains it in saltbo/agent-kanban, which has 488 GitHub stars. The repository holds 4 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 2, 2026.

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