---
name: workflow-plan
description: Unified planning skill - 4-phase planning workflow, plan verification, and interactive replanning. Triggers on "workflow-plan", "workflow-plan-verify", "workflow:replan".
allowed-tools: Skill, Agent, AskUserQuestion, TodoWrite, Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Glob, Grep
---
Unified planning skill combining 4-phase planning workflow, plan quality verification, and interactive replanning. Produces IMPL_PLAN.md, task JSONs, verification reports, and manages plan lifecycle through session-level artifact updates. Routes by mode (plan | verify | replan) and acts as a pure orchestrator: executes phases, parses outputs, and passes context.
## 1. Architecture Overview
```
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Workflow Plan Orchestrator (SKILL.md) │
│ → Route by mode: plan | verify | replan │
│ → Pure coordinator: Execute phases, parse outputs, pass context │
└──────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────┘
│
┌───────────────────────┼───────────────────────┐
↓ ↓ ↓
┌───────────┐ ┌───────────┐ ┌───────────┐
│ Plan Mode │ │ Verify │ │ Replan │
│ (default) │ │ Mode │ │ Mode │
│ Phase 1-4 │ │ Phase 5 │ │ Phase 6 │
└─────┬─────┘ └───────────┘ └───────────┘
│
┌───┼───┬───┐
↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
┌───┐┌───┐┌───┐┌───┐
│ 1 ││ 2 ││ 3 ││ 4 │
│Ses││Ctx││Con││Gen│
└───┘└───┘└───┘└─┬─┘
↓
┌───────────┐
│ Confirm │─── Verify ──→ Phase 5
│ (choice) │─── Execute ─→ Skill("workflow-execute")
└───────────┘─── Review ──→ Display session status inline
```
## 2. Key Design Principles
1. **Pure Orchestrator**: SKILL.md routes and coordinates only; execution detail lives in phase files
2. **Progressive Phase Loading**: Read phase docs ONLY when that phase is about to execute
3. **Multi-Mode Routing**: Single skill handles plan/verify/replan via mode detection
4. **Task Attachment Model**: Sub-command tasks are ATTACHED, executed sequentially, then COLLAPSED
5. **Auto-Continue**: After each phase completes, automatically execute next pending phase
6. **Accumulated State**: planning-notes.md carries context across phases for N+1 decisions
## 3. Interactive Preference Collection
Before dispatching to phase execution, collect workflow preferences via AskUserQuestion:
```javascript
// ★ 统一 auto mode 检测:-y/--yes 从 $ARGUMENTS 或 ccw 传播
const autoYes = /\b(-y|--yes)\b/.test($ARGUMENTS)
if (autoYes) {
// 自动模式:跳过所有询问,使用默认值
workflowPreferences = { autoYes: true, interactive: false }
} else {
const prefResponse = AskUserQuestion({
questions: [
{
question: "是否跳过所有确认步骤(自动模式)?",
header: "Auto Mode",
multiSelect: false,
options: [
{ label: "Interactive (Recommended)", description: "交互模式,包含确认步骤" },
{ label: "Auto", description: "跳过所有确认,自动执行" }
]
}
]
})
workflowPreferences = {
autoYes: prefResponse.autoMode === 'Auto'
}
// For replan mode, also collect interactive preference
if (mode === 'replan') {
const replanPref = AskUserQuestion({
questions: [
{
question: "是否使用交互式澄清模式?",
header: "Replan Mode",
multiSelect: false,
options: [
{ label: "Standard (Recommended)", description: "使用安全默认值" },
{ label: "Interactive", description: "通过提问交互式澄清修改范围" }
]
}
]
})
workflowPreferences.interactive = replanPref.replanMode === 'Interactive'
}
}
```
**workflowPreferences** is passed to phase execution as context variable, referenced as `workflowPreferences.autoYes`, `workflowPreferences.interactive` within phases.
## 4. Mode Detection
```javascript
const args = $ARGUMENTS
const mode = detectMode(args)
function detectMode(args) {
// Skill trigger determines mode
if (skillName === 'workflow-plan-verify') return 'verify'
if (skillName === 'workflow:replan') return 'replan'
return 'plan' // default: workflow-plan
}
```
## 5. Compact Recovery (Phase Persistence)
Multi-phase planning (Phase 1-4/5/6) spans long conversations. Uses **双重保险**: TodoWrite 跟踪 active phase 保护其不被压缩,sentinel 作为兜底。
> **⚠️ COMPACT DIRECTIVE**: Context compression MUST check TodoWrite phase status.
> The phase currently marked `in_progress` is the active execution phase — preserve its FULL content.
> Only compress phases marked `completed` or `pending`.
## 6. Execution Flow
### Plan Mode (default)
```
Input Parsing:
└─ Convert user input to structured format (GOAL/SCOPE/CONTEXT)
Phase 1: Session Discovery
└─ Ref: Read("phases/01-session-discovery.md")
└─ Output: sessionId (WFS-xxx), planning-notes.md
Phase 2: Context Gathering
└─ Ref: Read("phases/02-context-gathering.md")
├─ Tasks attached: Analyze structure → Identify integration → Generate package
└─ Output: contextPath + conflictRisk
Phase 3: Conflict Resolution (conditional: conflictRisk ≥ medium)
└─ Decision (conflictRisk check):
├─ conflictRisk ≥ medium → Ref: Read("phases/03-conflict-resolution.md")
│ ├─ Tasks attached: Detect conflicts → Present to user → Apply strategies
│ └─ Output: Modified brainstorm artifacts
└─ conflictRisk < medium → Skip to Phase 4
Phase 4: Task Generation
└─ Ref: Read("phases/04-task-generation.md")
└─ Output: IMPL_PLAN.md, task JSONs, TODO_LIST.md
Plan Confirmation (User Decision Gate):
└─ Decision (user choice):
├─ "Verify Plan Quality" (Recommended) → Route to Phase 5 (plan-verify)
├─ "Start Execution" → Skill(skill="workflow-execute")
└─ "Review Status Only" → Display session status inline
```
### Verify Mode
```
Phase 5: Plan Verification
└─ Ref: Read("phases/05-plan-verify.md")
└─ Output: PLAN_VERIFICATION.md with quality gate recommendation
```
### Replan Mode
```
Phase 6: Interactive Replan
└─ Ref: Read("phases/06-replan.md")
└─ Output: Updated IMPL_PLAN.md, task JSONs, TODO_LIST.md
```
**Phase Reference Documents** (read on-demand when phase executes):
| Phase | Document | Purpose | Mode | Compact |
|-------|----------|---------|------|---------|
| 1 | phases/01-session-discovery.md | Create or discover workflow session | plan | TodoWrite 驱动 |
| 2 | phases/02-context-gathering.md | Gather project context and analyze codebase | plan | TodoWrite 驱动 |
| 3 | phases/03-conflict-resolution.md | Detect and resolve conflicts (conditional) | plan | TodoWrite 驱动 |
| 4 | phases/04-task-generation.md | Generate implementation plan and task JSONs | plan | TodoWrite 驱动 + 🔄 sentinel |
| 5 | phases/05-plan-verify.md | Read-only verification with quality gate | verify | TodoWrite 驱动 |
| 6 | phases/06-replan.md | Interactive replanning with boundary clarification | replan | TodoWrite 驱动 |
**Compact Rules**:
1. **TodoWrite `in_progress`** → 保留完整内容,禁止压缩
2. **TodoWrite `completed`** → 可压缩为摘要
3. **🔄 sentinel fallback** → Phase 4 包含 compact sentinel;若 compact 后仅存 sentinel 而无完整 Step 协议,必须立即 `Read("phases/04-task-generation.md")` 恢复
## 7. Core Rules
1. **Start Immediately**: First action is mode detection + TodoWrite initialization, second action is phase execution
2. **No Preliminary Analysis**: Do not read files, analyze structure, or gather context before Phase 1
3. **Parse Every Output**: Extract required data from each phase output for next phase
4. **Auto-Continue via TodoList**: Check TodoList status to execute next pending phase automatically
5. **Track Progress**: Update TodoWrite dynamically with task attachment/collapse pattern
6. **Task Attachment Model**: Skill execute **attaches** sub-tasks to current workflow. Orchestrator **executes** these attached tasks itself, then **collapses** them after completion
7. **Progressive Phase Loading**: Read phase docs ONLY when that phase is about to execute
8. **DO NOT STOP**: Continuous multi-phase workflow. After executing all attached tasks, immediately collapse them and execute next phase
## 8. Input Processing
**Convert User Input to Structured Format**:
1. **Simple Text** → Structure it:
```
User: "Build authentication system"
Structured:
GOAL: Build authentication system
SCOPE: Core authentication features
CONTEXT: New implementation
```
2. **Detailed Text** → Extract components:
```
User: "Add JWT authentication with email/password login and token refresh"
Structured:
GOAL: Implement JWT-based authentication
SCOPE: Email/password login, token generation, token refresh endpoints
CONTEXT: JWT token-based security, refresh token rotation
```
3. **File Reference** (e.g., `requirements.md`) → Read and structure:
- Read file content
- Extract goal, scope, requirements
- Format into structured description
## 9. Data Flow
### Plan Mode
```
User Input (task description)
↓
[Convert to Structured Format]
↓ Structured Description:
↓ GOAL: [objective]
↓ SCOPE: [boundaries]
↓ CONTEXT: [background]
↓
Phase 1: session:start --auto "structured-description"
↓ Output: sessionId
↓ Write: planning-notes.md (User Intent section)
↓
Phase 2: context-gather --session sessionId "structured-description"
↓ Input: sessionId + structured description
↓ Output: contextPath (context-package.json) + conflictRisk
↓ Update: planning-notes.md (Context Findings + Consolidated Constraints)
↓
Phase 3: conflict-resolution [conditional: conflictRisk ≥ medium]
↓ Input: sessionId + contextPath + conflictRisk
↓ Output: Modified brainstorm artifacts
↓ Update: planning-notes.md (Conflict Decisions + Consolidated Constraints)
↓ Skip if conflictRisk is none/low → proceed directly to Phase 4
↓
Phase 4: task-generate-agent --session sessionId
↓ Input: sessionId + planning-notes.md + context-package.json + brainstorm artifacts
↓ Output: IMPL_PLAN.md, task JSONs, TODO_LIST.md
↓
Plan Confirmation (User Decision Gate):
├─ "Verify Plan Quality" (Recommended) → Route to Phase 5
├─ "Start Execution" → Skill(skill="workflow-execute")
└─ "Review Status Only" → Display session status inline
```
**Session Memory Flow**: Each phase receives session ID, which provides access to:
- Previous task summaries
- Existing context and analysis
- Brainstorming artifacts (potentially modified by Phase 3)
- Session-specific configuration
### Verify Mode
```
Input: --session sessionId (or auto-detect)
↓
Phase 5: Load artifacts → Agent-driven verification → Generate report
↓ Output: PLAN_VERIFICATION.md with quality gate
```
### Replan Mode
```
Input: [--session sessionId] [task-id] "requirements"
↓
Phase 6: Mode detection → Clarification → Impact analysis → Backup → Apply → Verify
↓ Output: Updated artifacts + change summary
```
## 10. TodoWrite Pattern
**Core Concept**: Dynamic task attachment and collapse for real-time visibility into workflow execution.
### Key Principles
1. **Task Attachment** (when phase executed):
- Sub-tasks are **attached** to orchestrator's TodoWrite
- **Phase 2, 3**: Multiple sub-tasks attached
- **Phase 1, 4**: Single task (atomic)
- First attached task marked as `in_progress`, others as `pending`
- Orchestrator **executes** these attached tasks sequentially
2. **Task Collapse** (after sub-tasks complete):
- **Applies to Phase 2, 3**: Remove detailed sub-tasks from TodoWrite
- **Collapse** to high-level phase summary
- **Phase 1, 4**: No collapse needed (single task, just mark completed)
- Maintains clean orchestrator-level view
3. **Continuous Execution**: After completion, automatically proceed to next pending phase
**Lifecycle**: Initial pending → Phase executed (tasks ATTACHED) → Sub-tasks executed → Phase completed (tasks COLLAPSED for 2/3, marked completed for 1/4) → Next phase → Repeat
### Phase 2 (Tasks Attached):
```json
[
{"content": "Phase 1: Session Discovery", "status": "completed"},
{"content": "Phase 2: Context Gathering", "status": "in_progress"},
{"content": " → Analyze codebase structure", "status": "in_progress"},
{"content": " → Identify integration points", "status": "pending"},
{"content": " → Generate context package", "status": "pending"},
{"content": "Phase 4: Task Generation", "status": "pending"}
]
```
### Phase 2 (Collapsed):
```json
[
{"content": "Phase 1: Session Discovery", "status": "completed"},
{"content": "Phase 2: Context Gathering", "status": "completed"},
{"content": "Phase 4: Task Generation", "status": "pending"}
]
```
### Phase 3 (Tasks Attached, conditional):
```json
[
{"content": "Phase 1: Session Discovery", "status": "completed"},
{"content": "Phase 2: Context Gathering", "status": "completed"},
{"content": "Phase 3: Conflict Resolution", "status": "in_progress"},
{"content": " → Detect conflicts with CLI analysis", "status": "in_progress"},
{"content": " → Present conflicts to user", "status": "pending"},
{"content": " → Apply resolution strategies", "status": "pending"},
{"content": "Phase 4: Task Generation", "status": "pending"}
]
```
**Note**: See individual Phase descriptions for detailed TodoWrite Update examples.
## 11. Post-Phase Updates
After each phase completes, update planning-notes.md:
- **After Phase 1**: Initialize with user intent (GOAL, KEY_CONSTRAINTS)
- **After Phase 2**: Add context findings (CRITICAL_FILES, ARCHITECTURE, CONFLICT_RISK, CONSTRAINTS)
- **After Phase 3**: Add conflict decisions (RESOLVED, MODIFIED_ARTIFACTS, CONSTRAINTS) if executed
- **Memory State Check**: After heavy phases (Phase 2-3), evaluate context window usage; if high (>120K tokens), trigger `compact`
See phase files for detailed update code.
## 12. Error Handling
- **Parsing Failure**: If output parsing fails, retry command once, then report error
- **Validation Failure**: If validation fails, report which file/data is missing
- **Command Failure**: Keep phase `in_progress`, report error to user, do not proceed to next phase
- **Session Not Found** (verify/replan): Report error with available sessions list
- **Task Not Found** (replan): Report error with available tasks list
## 13. Coordinator Checklist
### Plan Mode
- **Pre-Phase**: Convert user input to structured format (GOAL/SCOPE/CONTEXT)
- Initialize TodoWrite before any command (Phase 3 added dynamically after Phase 2)
- Execute Phase 1 immediately with structured description
- Parse session ID from Phase 1 output, store in memory
- Pass session ID and structured description to Phase 2 command
- Parse context path from Phase 2 output, store in memory
- **Extract conflictRisk from context-package.json**: Determine Phase 3 execution
- **If conflictRisk ≥ medium**: Launch Phase 3 conflict-resolution with sessionId and contextPath
- Wait for Phase 3 to finish executing (if executed), verify conflict-resolution.json created
- **If conflictRisk is none/low**: Skip Phase 3, proceed directly to Phase 4
- Pass session ID to Phase 4 command
- Verify all Phase 4 outputs
- **Plan Confirmation Gate**: Present user with choice (Verify → Phase 5 / Execute / Review Status)
- **If user selects Verify**: Read phases/05-plan-verify.md, execute Phase 5 in-process
- **If user selects Execute**: Skill(skill="workflow-execute")
- **If user selects Review**: Display session status inline
- **Auto mode (workflowPreferences.autoYes)**: Auto-select "Verify Plan Quality", then auto-continue to execute if PROCEED
- Update TodoWrite after each phase
- After each phase, automatically continue to next phase based on TodoList status
### Verify Mode
- Detect/validate session (auto-detect from active sessions)
- Initialize TodoWrite with single verification task
- Execute Phase 5 verification agent
- Present quality gate result and next step options
### Replan Mode
- Parse task ID from $ARGUMENTS (IMPL-N format, if present)
- Detect operation mode (task vs session)
- Initialize TodoWrite with replan-specific tasks
- Execute Phase 6 through all sub-phases (clarification → impact → backup → apply → verify)
## 14. Structure Template Reference
**Minimal Structure**:
```
GOAL: [What to achieve]
SCOPE: [What's included]
CONTEXT: [Relevant info]
```
**Detailed Structure** (optional, when more context available):
```
GOAL: [Primary objective]
SCOPE: [Included features/components]
CONTEXT: [Existing system, constraints, dependencies]
REQUIREMENTS: [Specific technical requirements]
CONSTRAINTS: [Limitations or boundaries]
```
## 15. Related Skills
**Prerequisite Skills**:
- `brainstorm` skill - Optional: Generate role-based analyses before planning
- `brainstorm` skill - Optional: Refine brainstorm analyses with clarifications
**Called by Plan Mode** (4 phases):
- `/workflow:session:start` - Phase 1: Create or discover workflow session
- `phases/02-context-gathering.md` - Phase 2: Gather project context and analyze codebase (inline)
- `phases/03-conflict-resolution.md` - Phase 3: Detect and resolve conflicts (inline, conditional)
- `memory-capture` skill - Phase 3: Memory optimization (if context approaching limits)
- `phases/04-task-generation.md` - Phase 4: Generate task JSON files (inline)
**Follow-up Skills**:
- `workflow-plan` skill (plan-verify phase) - Verify plan quality (can also invoke via verify mode)
- Display session status inline - Review task breakdown and current progress
- `Skill(skill="workflow-execute")` - Begin implementation of generated tasks (skill: workflow-execute)
- `workflow-plan` skill (replan phase) - Modify plan (can also invoke via replan mode)
When `workflowPreferences.autoYes` is true (triggered by `-y` or `--yes` flag, or user selecting "Auto" mode):
- Skip all confirmation prompts, use default values
- Auto-select "Verify Plan Quality" at Plan Confirmation Gate
- Auto-continue to execution if verification returns PROCEED
- Skip interactive clarification in replan mode (use safe defaults)
- [ ] Mode correctly detected from skill trigger (plan / verify / replan)
- [ ] TodoWrite initialized and updated after each phase with attachment/collapse pattern
- [ ] All phases executed in sequence with proper data passing between phases
- [ ] Phase documents loaded progressively via Read() only when phase is about to execute
- [ ] planning-notes.md updated after each phase with accumulated context
- [ ] Phase 3 conditionally executed based on conflictRisk assessment
- [ ] Plan Confirmation Gate presented with correct options after Phase 4
- [ ] All output artifacts generated: IMPL_PLAN.md, task JSONs, TODO_LIST.md
- [ ] Compact recovery works: in_progress phases preserved, completed phases compressible
- [ ] Error handling covers parsing failures, validation failures, and missing sessions/tasks