Use plan for normal repo changes needing bounded decisions, refinement, and high-priority review before execution; exclude direct implementation-only, factual/explanation, trivial, or explicit no-plan requests.
SkillScore79Maintained
Automatic
◆Project Management pack
Last verified 8/24/2026
What it changes
Passed 16 of 20 test cases with the skill, and 3 of 20 without it.
Without skill16%
With skill79%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
Limits refinement to 3 rounds.
Asks no more than 5 questions.
Asks between 1 and 5 questions.
and 18 more in the full report
17 fixed0 passed either way2 still failing3 broke
Pass-rate lift
+63 pp
Tokens
-36%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
-39%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/24/2026v117 of 22 cases passed with skill · 20 comparable
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
See it in action
One of 15 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
1 of 15
Prompt
We want to plan a complete overhaul of our CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions. Start the planning process by asking any necessary initial questions while adhering to strict query count limits.
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
Asks no more than 5 initial questions.
Missed
Passed
Asks at least 1 initial question.
Passed
Passed
case-10 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/24/2026 · answers are capped and redacted
What's inside
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
SKILL.md5 linessingle file
Plan
Read and follow ../optim-plans/SKILL.md, treating the request as if it named plan.
Depth: plan means 1 to 5 planning questions, at most three refinement rounds, a 600 second reviewer/criticizer timeout, and at most three high-priority comments or questions per round.