# agent-plan-act-reflect

This deprecated skill remains relevant when old plans or prompts still name it. Learn which workflows need no skill and what replaces its unattended loop.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 30
- Author: WenyuChiou
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/WenyuChiou/agent-collab-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/agent-plan-act-reflect/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-16
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/agent-plan-act-reflect

## What it does

The skill was deprecated in 0.6.0 and removed in 0.7.0. A user-present cycle of editing code, running a check, fixing the result, and repeating needs no skill. Keep the acceptance check runnable and report its actual result.

For an unattended multi-cycle workflow under an `agent-collab` policy, use `harness-loop.md`. Run `agent-collab policy evaluate` after each cycle and before each agent spawn. Comparing two consequential alternatives belongs to `agent-debate`, not a loop. If an old plan still points to this skill, its instructions are out of date.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add WenyuChiou/agent-collab-skills --skill agent-plan-act-reflect -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/agent-plan-act-reflect/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/agent-plan-act-reflect/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add WenyuChiou/agent-collab-skills --skill agent-plan-act-reflect -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/agent-plan-act-reflect/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add WenyuChiou/agent-collab-skills --skill agent-plan-act-reflect -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/agent-plan-act-reflect/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install WenyuChiou/agent-collab-skills agent-plan-act-reflect
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/agent-plan-act-reflect/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add WenyuChiou/agent-collab-skills --skill agent-plan-act-reflect -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/WenyuChiou/agent-collab-skills --path skills/agent-plan-act-reflect
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/agent-plan-act-reflect/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add WenyuChiou/agent-collab-skills --skill agent-plan-act-reflect -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/WenyuChiou/agent-collab-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/agent-plan-act-reflect/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- spot an outdated skill reference in a plan or prompt
- tell a user-present check cycle from an unattended loop
- move a policy-driven loop to `harness-loop.md`
- route a comparison of alternatives to `agent-debate`

## Example prompts
- A plan names `agent-plan-act-reflect`. Explain which guidance is outdated and what should replace it.
- Does `agent-plan-act-reflect` apply to editing code, running a check, and fixing the result?

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: agent-plan-act-reflect
description: Use when a plan, prompt, or doc still names agent-plan-act-reflect. Deprecated in 0.6.0; ordinary iterate-until-it-passes work needs no skill, and an unattended policy-driven loop follows agent-context-budget's harness loop reference. This stub is removed in 0.7.0.
---

# agent-plan-act-reflect (deprecated)

Deprecated in 0.6.0 and removed in 0.7.0.

- Iterating with the user present (edit, run the check, fix, repeat) needs no
  skill. Keep the acceptance check runnable and report its real result.
- An unattended multi-cycle loop under a configured `agent-collab` policy
  follows [harness-loop.md](../agent-context-budget/references/harness-loop.md),
  the former body of this skill. It still runs `agent-collab policy evaluate`
  after every cycle and before every spawn.
- Comparing two consequential alternatives is
  [agent-debate](../agent-debate/SKILL.md), not a loop.

See [migration 0.6](../../docs/migration-0.6.md).
```
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© WenyuChiou · MIT · https://github.com/WenyuChiou/agent-collab-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/agent-plan-act-reflect/SKILL.md

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