task-planning SKILL.md skillA
task-planning from paperclipai/paperclip is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add paperclipai/paperclip/task-planning@git:20261006.16b7db3Pins git:20261006.16b7db3 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- paperclipai/paperclip
- Path
packages/skills-catalog/catalog/bundled/paperclip-operations/task-planning/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20261006.16b7db3, committed Oct 6, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 28, 2026
- Size
- 1,517 bytes
- Repository stars
- 105,684
- License
- MIT
Write or revise a useful Paperclip plan with a clear outcome and verification. Use when a plan is requested or uncertainty needs resolving before execution.
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
# Task planning Plan only as much as the work needs. If execution is authorized and the next step is small and clear, do it. A request for a plan alone does not require child tasks or a new approval gate. Describe the intended outcome, relevant constraints, chosen approach, and how to verify success. Include uncertainties or decisions that affect execution. Use the user's preferred format; keep implementation steps within one owner's task unless another owner, useful parallel output, dependency, or independent review warrants separate work. Save a requested plan as the issue document with key `plan`. Update its current revision instead of duplicating it, and link the saved document in your response. Use the native document tools when available; legacy agents follow the `paperclip` skill's document and planning API mechanics. Respect planning mode and explicit approval requests. When approval is required, request confirmation of the latest plan revision and wait for that decision. After acceptance, execute cohesive work on the current ordinary task. Use `paperclip-converting-plans-to-tasks` when delegation is justified.
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add paperclipai/paperclip/task-planning@sha256:48d6501d6ef481d5The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261006.16b7db3, 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_vgsvwfnsaywow4m2)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between May 28, 2026 and Oct 6, 2026, about one every 65 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261006.16b7db3 latest | 2026-10-06 | 16b7db3 | 1,517 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260622.ddc193c | 2026-06-22 | ddc193c | 4,938 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260528.9eac727 | 2026-05-28 | 9eac727 | 4,649 B | A | view |
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 (1517 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
paperclipai/paperclip · 105,684 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_vgsvwfnsaywow4m2 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=paperclipai/paperclip/task-planning GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/48d6501d6ef481d5b19d0e0cd1507436d1cee1acf155e5038e1f0b2f0230d9e1
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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