Plan Manager Skill

Overview

This skill manages the complete lifecycle of task plans using a deterministic CLI-first pattern: all operations flow through scripts/plan-manager.py, never through manual file edits. This prevents stale plan execution, context drift, and loss of audit trails. Use this skill when the user needs to list, create, show, track, complete, or abandon plans — not for executing the tasks within plans themselves.

Instructions

Phase 1: ASSESS Plan State

Goal: Establish current plan state and surface any stale plans before proceeding with operations.

Always start with staleness check (because stale plans waste effort on obsolete work):

python3 ~/.claude/scripts/plan-manager.py list --stale

Surface any staleness warnings to user immediately. If stale plans exist, address them before proceeding with other operations.