Swarm-Ready Planner

Swarm-Ready Planner

Create implementation plans with explicit task dependencies optimized for parallel agent execution. This skill can be ran inside or outside of Plan Mode.

Core Principles

1. Explore Codebase: Investigate architecture, patterns, existing implementations, dependencies, and frameworks in use.
2. Fresh Documentation First: Use Context7 for ANY external library, framework, or API before planning tasks
3. Ask Questions: Clarify ambiguities and seek clarification on scope, constraints, or priorities throughout the planning process. At any time.
4. Explicit Dependencies: Every task declares what it depends on, enabling maximum parallelization
5. Atomic Tasks: Each task is independently executable by a single agent
6. Review Before Yield: A subagent reviews the plan for gaps before finalizing

Process

1. Research

Codebase investigation:

• Architecture, patterns, existing implementations
• Dependencies and frameworks in use

1a. Optional: Stop to Clarification Questions

• If the architecture is unclear or missing STOP AND YIELD to the user, and request user input (AskUserQuestions) before moving on. Always offer recommendations for clarification questions.
• If architecture is present, skip 1a and move onto next step.

2. Documentation

Documentation retrieval (REQUIRED for external dependencies):

Use Context7 skill or MCP to fetch current docs for any libraries/frameworks or APIs that are or will be used in project. If Context7 is not available, use web search.

This ensures version-accurate APIs, correct parameters, and current best practices.

3. STOP and Request User Input

When anything is unclear or could reasonably be done multiple ways:

• Stop and ask clarifying questions immediately
• Do not make assumptions about scope, constraints, or priorities
• Questions should reduce risk and eliminate ambiguity