Implementation Plan Creator

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Being asked for a plan, roadmap or implementation strategy before coding starts
• Breaking a complex feature into trackable checkbox tasks
• Assessing risks and alternative approaches before an architectural change

Example prompts

• “Create a plan for adding OAuth login to the API, with no code changes yet.”
• “Write an implementation roadmap for migrating our job queue, including risks and alternatives.”
• “Plan the refactor of the billing module and validate the plan file.”

Requirements

• Bash to run the bundled validation script

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

1. 1Initial Assessment
2. 2Create Strategic Plan
3. 3Validate Plan
4. 4Plan Structure

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 92a5699. 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

  Ships script files (Shell), which the agent can run.

  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

Implementation Plan Creator loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~3.6k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 149 tokens; SKILL.md has 359 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~149

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.1k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~3.6k

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

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 tailcallhq/forgecode at commit 92a5699, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© tailcallhq). 359 words, ~1,095 tokens.

name

create-plan

description

Generate detailed implementation plans for complex tasks. Creates comprehensive strategic plans in Markdown format with objectives, step-by-step implementation tasks using checkbox format, verification criteria, risk assessments, and alternative approaches. All plans MUST be validated using the included validation script. Use when users need thorough analysis and structured planning before implementation, when breaking down complex features into actionable steps, or when they explicitly ask for a plan, roadmap, or strategy. Strictly planning-focused with no code modifications.

./.forge/skills/create-plan/validate-plan.sh plans/{YYYY-MM-DD}-{task-name}-v{N}.md

# [Task Name]

## Objective

[Clear statement of goal and expected outcomes]

## Implementation Plan

- [ ] 1. [First task with detailed description and rationale]
- [ ] 2. [Second task with detailed description and rationale]
- [ ] 3. [Third task with detailed description and rationale]

## Verification Criteria

- [Criterion 1: Specific, measurable outcome]
- [Criterion 2: Specific, measurable outcome]

## Potential Risks and Mitigations

1. **[Risk Description]**
   Mitigation: [Specific mitigation strategy]

2. **[Risk Description]**
   Mitigation: [Specific mitigation strategy]

## Alternative Approaches

1. [Alternative 1]: [Brief description and trade-offs]
2. [Alternative 2]: [Brief description and trade-offs]

© tailcallhq, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 5 other files (references) in .forge/skills/create-plan of tailcallhq/forgecode.

• SKILL.md
• README.md
• references/example-plan.md
• references/plan-template.md
• validate-all-plans.sh
• validate-plan.sh

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 92a5699

Used in 1 other repository

We found 8 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in tailcallhq/forgecode, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

• Microck/ordinary-claude-skillsskills_all/create-planskills_categorized/business-apps/create-plan+6 more