How does it handle technical risk management?

The skill identifies common risk categories (technical, integration, performance, security) and provides a structured rubric to assess likelihood, impact, and mitigation strategies.

Does it support research during the planning phase?

Yes, it integrates with the docs-seeker skill to find relevant documentation and best practices while you are defining the technical scope of a task.

When does the Planning Strategy Guide skill activate?

The skill auto-activates when you mention planning-related keywords like 'break down this feature', 'estimate effort', 'identify dependencies', or 'what's the scope' within Claude Code.

What are the 6 phases of the planning framework?

The guide follows a sequence of Complexity Assessment, Scope Definition, Dependency Analysis, Risk Identification, Task Breakdown, and Effort Estimation.

Can I sync these plans with project management tools?

Yes, it integrates with the linear-subagent-guide to update issue descriptions, create checklists, and structure implementation plans directly in Linear.

Planning Strategy Guide

Name: Planning Strategy Guide
Author: duongdev

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Productividad y Flujo de Trabajo

Guides developers through structured project planning, complexity assessment, and task decomposition for complex engineering features.

The Planning Strategy Guide is a specialized skill for Claude Code designed to transform vague feature requests into actionable, low-risk implementation plans. It follows a rigorous six-phase framework covering complexity assessment, scope definition, dependency mapping, risk mitigation, atomic task breakdown, and effort estimation. By integrating seamlessly with project management tools like Linear and advanced reasoning processes like sequential thinking, it ensures that developers never start a complex task without a clear roadmap, identified blockers, and realistic timelines.

Características Principales

01Automatic complexity detection based on file impact and system integration

02Risk identification with likelihood/impact scoring and mitigation strategies

03Direct integration with Linear for automated issue and checklist creation

046-Phase Planning Framework (Complexity, Scope, Dependencies, Risks, Breakdown, Estimation)

05Interactive task decomposition into atomic, testable, and estimable subtasks

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Casos de Uso

01Estimating technical effort and identifying hidden dependencies in legacy migrations

02Conducting pre-implementation risk assessments for mission-critical software changes

03Decomposing a large engineering Epic into a series of manageable development tasks

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add duongdev/ccpm planning-strategy-guide

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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