planning SKILL.md skillA
planning from iliaal/whetstone is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add iliaal/whetstone/planning@git:20260227.215f429Pins git:20260227.215f429 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- iliaal/whetstone
- Path
distillery/generated-skills/planning/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260227.215f429, committed Feb 27, 2026
- Size
- 4,587 bytes
- Repository stars
- 35
- License
- MIT
Software implementation planning with file-based persistence (task_plan.md, findings.md, progress.md). Use when asked to "plan", "break down this feature", "implementation plan", or starting complex tasks needing >5 tool calls. Apply proactively before non-trivial coding.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Planning ## Core Principle ``` Context window = RAM (volatile, limited) Filesystem = Disk (persistent, unlimited) → Anything important gets written to disk. ``` Planning tokens are cheaper than implementation tokens. Front-load thinking; scale effort to complexity. ## When to Plan - **Always plan**: multi-file changes, new features, refactors, >5 tool calls - **Skip planning**: single-file edits, quick lookups, simple questions ## Planning Files Create in project root before starting work: | File | Purpose | Update When | |------|---------|-------------| | `task_plan.md` | Phases, tasks, decisions, errors | After each phase | | `findings.md` | Research, discoveries, code analysis | After any discovery | | `progress.md` | Session log, test results, files changed | Throughout session | ## Plan Template ```markdown # Plan: [Feature/Task Name] ## Approach [1-3 sentences: what and why] ## Scope - **In**: [what's included] - **Out**: [what's explicitly excluded] ## Phase 1: [Name] **Files**: [specific files, max 5-8 per phase] **Tasks**: - [ ] [Verb-first atomic task] — `path/to/file.ts` - [ ] [Next task] …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add iliaal/whetstone/planning@sha256:c3e065d6d0639998The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260227.215f429, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_sfd6qth46cvtt3ck)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Feb 27, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (4587 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
iliaal/whetstone · 35 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-01 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_sfd6qth46cvtt3ck GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=iliaal/whetstone/planning GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c3e065d6d0639998aa0d937847ef1cf5dec9a87c35ac1f9a6c7342725e88799f
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.
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