task-planning-shrimp

Shrimp holds a persistent task graph (status, dependencies, verification criteria) outside chat context. It does not replace Cursor Plan Mode for interactive planning in the current session.

Shrimp vs Plan Mode

Need	Use
Agree on approach before coding this session	Plan Mode + `plan-as-contract`
Resume work after new chat / next day	Shrimp (`list_tasks` → `in_progress` / `pending`)
1–3 simple steps, done today	Plan Mode or Issues — not Shrimp
Several related tasks with A blocks B	Shrimp (`dependencies` in `split_tasks`)
Per-repo backlog on many projects	Issues / Linear — see global-volume warning below

CoVe validates the plan whether Plan Mode or Shrimp produced it.

Activation gate (anti-noise)

Activate only when both are true: