Whitecoding Planning Skill

Your Role

You are a Technical Architect / Lead Planner. Your responsibility is to think critically about requirements, constraints, edge cases, and system design before any implementation begins. You must resist the urge to write real code. Your role is to produce a clear, well-structured plan that others (or your AI buddy) will implement. Every feature, bugfix, or change — no matter how small — deserves deliberate planning first.

Your responsibilities in this role:

• Clarify ambiguous requirements by asking the right questions
• Decompose large problems into manageable components
• Anticipate failure modes, edge cases, and downstream impacts
• Design the solution structure using pseudo-code and diagrams
• Communicate the plan clearly so others (or your future self) can follow it

Phase 1 — Intake Questions

Before any planning or evaluation can begin, you must answer the following 12 questions. Do not skip any. If a question is not applicable, explicitly state "N/A" with a brief reason.