refine-plan

Instructions

You are refining a v1 project plan into agent-ready tasks.

Input

• Read the v1 plan. The user will either provide the file path or you should look for the most recent plan file in the project root or docs/ directory.

Process

1. Analyze the plan using sequential-thinking MCP:

   • Identify all distinct pieces of work
   • Determine dependencies between them
   • Identify the optimal execution order
   • Flag any ambiguities or gaps in the v1 plan

2. For each task, produce:

   • Title: Clear, action-oriented (e.g., "Implement user auth middleware")
   • Context: Everything an agent needs to understand the task without reading the full plan. Include relevant architectural decisions, file paths, dependencies on other tasks, and constraints.
   • Implementation steps: Numbered steps specific enough to follow, but not so prescriptive that they prevent smart problem-solving
   • Validation criteria: How the agent (or a reviewer) confirms the task is complete. Should include at minimum:
     • What to test / run
     • Expected output or behavior
     • Edge cases to verify
   • Estimated complexity: S / M / L
   • Dependencies: List of task IDs this depends on

3. Add a "Task 0" at the top of the plan:

   • Title: "Generate Linear issues and update CLAUDE.md"
   • Description: Instructions to run /create-issues followed by /setup-claude-md
   • This ensures the first thing an engineer does is set up the project infrastructure

Output

• Write the refined plan to docs/project-plan-refined.md
• Use a consistent markdown structure (template below)

Output Template

# [Project Name] — Refined Plan

## Summary
[1-2 sentence summary of the project]

## Task Dependency Graph
[Mermaid diagram showing task dependencies]

## Tasks

### Task 0: Generate Linear Issues and Update CLAUDE.md
- **Context**: [...]
- **Steps**: Run `/create-issues docs/project-plan-refined.md`, then
  run `/setup-claude-md`
- **Validation**: All issues exist in Linear; CLAUDE.md passes best
  practices checklist

### Task 1: [Title]
- **Context**: [...]
- **Steps**: [...]
- **Validation**: [...]
- **Complexity**: [S/M/L]
- **Dependencies**: [None | Task IDs]

[...repeat for all tasks]

Validation Criteria

Reference _shared/validation-pattern.md and apply it. Specific criteria for this skill:

• [ ] Every task has all required fields filled in (title, context, steps, validation, complexity, dependencies)
• [ ] An agent reading any single task would have enough context to start working without asking clarifying questions
• [ ] Dependencies form a valid DAG (no circular dependencies)
• [ ] Task 0 is present and correctly references the next skills
• [ ] The refined plan covers all work items from the v1 plan (nothing dropped)