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name: planning-patterns

description: Structured planning methodology with research, brainstorming, phased plan creation, risk assessment, and plan-to-build continuity.

allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Grep, Glob, WebSearch, WebFetch

- Search for existing solutions and patterns

- Identify relevant libraries and tools

- Find best practices in the domain

- Check for known pitfalls

### 2. Brainstorming Phase

- Generate at least 3 alternative approaches

- Evaluate trade-offs: complexity, time, risk, scalability

- Consider build-vs-buy decisions

- Rank by feasibility and alignment

### 3. Plan Creation

- Structure with phases, tasks, and milestones

- Define acceptance criteria per phase

- Map dependencies between tasks

- Include risk assessment with mitigations

- Define TDD strategy per coding phase

- Estimate effort and timeline

### 4. Review Gate

- Verify completeness against original request

- Validate logical phase ordering

- Check actionability of risk mitigations

- Score plan completeness (>=80 to pass)

## Plan-to-Build Continuity

- Save plans to `docs/plans/` directory

- Reference plan file in session memory

- BUILD workflow reads plan during requirements clarification

- Component-builder follows documented phases

## When to Use

- PLAN workflow (primary)

- Any task requiring strategic thinking before execution

## Agents Used

- `planner` (primary consumer)

- `github-researcher` (research phase)