# capacity-plan

A skill that plans team capacity: works out who is overloaded, how many hours are free, and whether next quarter's projects fit the people you have.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2800 installs · ★ 33071
- Author: anthropics · official Anthropic repository
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/tree/HEAD/operations/skills/capacity-plan/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/capacity-plan

## What it does

The skill takes headcount and roles, current workload (uploaded from a tracker or described in plain text), upcoming work for the next quarter, and constraints such as budget and hiring timeline. From that it builds a utilisation picture per person and per role.

It ships with target utilisation bands: 75-80% for ICs and specialists, 60-70% for managers, 50-60% for on-call and support. Output is a markdown plan with a current utilisation table, a capacity summary, upcoming demand with gaps, bottlenecks, and scenarios — do nothing, hire X, deprioritise Y.

The skill names the usual traps: planning to 100% utilisation, ignoring meeting load and context switching, forgetting vacation and sick time. Connect a project tracker or calendar and it pulls workload and PTO itself. Without them you type everything in by hand, and the numbers get rougher.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins --skill capacity-plan -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins --skill capacity-plan -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins --skill capacity-plan -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins capacity-plan
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins --skill capacity-plan -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins --path operations/skills/capacity-plan
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins --skill capacity-plan -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/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/tree/HEAD/operations/skills/capacity-plan/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- count free hours before quarterly planning
- spot people allocated above 100%
- decide whether to hire or deprioritise
- check if upcoming projects fit current headcount
- find a bottleneck in one role or skill

## Example prompts
- Analyse backend team capacity for next quarter
- Build a capacity plan for a 6-person product team with two projects in flight
- Show me the scenarios if we hire nobody

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: capacity-plan
description: Plan resource capacity — workload analysis and utilization forecasting. Use when heading into quarterly planning, the team feels overallocated and you need the numbers, deciding whether to hire or deprioritize, or stress-testing whether upcoming projects fit the people you have.
argument-hint: "<team or project scope>"
---

# /capacity-plan

> If you see unfamiliar placeholders or need to check which tools are connected, see [CONNECTORS.md](../../CONNECTORS.md).

Analyze team capacity and plan resource allocation.

## Usage

```
/capacity-plan $ARGUMENTS
```

## What I Need From You

- **Team size and roles**: Who do you have?
- **Current workload**: What are they working on? (Upload from project tracker or describe)
- **Upcoming work**: What's coming next quarter?
- **Constraints**: Budget, hiring timeline, skill requirements

## Planning Dimensions

### People
- Available headcount and skills
- Current allocation and utilization
- Planned hires and timeline
- Contractor and vendor capacity

### Budget
- Operating budget by category
- Project-specific budgets
- Variance tracking
- Forecast vs. actual

### Time
- Project timelines and dependencies
- Critical path analysis
- Buffer and contingency planning
- Deadline management

## Utilization Targets

| Role Type | Target Utilization | Notes |
|-----------|-------------------|-------|
| IC / Specialist | 75-80% | Leave room for reactive work and growth |
| Manager | 60-70% | Management overhead, meetings, 1:1s |
| On-call / Support | 50-60% | Interrupt-driven work is unpredictable |

## Common Pitfalls

- Planning to 100% utilization (no buffer for surprises)
- Ignoring meeting load and context-switching costs
- Not accounting for vacation, holidays, and sick time
- Treating all hours as equal (creative work ≠ admin work)

## Output

```markdown
## Capacity Plan: [Team/Project]
**Period:** [Date range] | **Team Size:** [X]

### Current Utilization
| Person/Role | Capacity | Allocated | Available | Utilization |
|-------------|----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|
| [Name/Role] | [hrs/wk] | [hrs/wk] | [hrs/wk] | [X]% |

### Capacity Summary
- **Total capacity**: [X] hours/week
- **Currently allocated**: [X] hours/week ([X]%)
- **Available**: [X] hours/week ([X]%)
- **Overallocated**: [X people above 100%]

### Upcoming Demand
| Project/Initiative | Start | End | Resources Needed | Gap |
|--------------------|-------|-----|-----------------|-----|
| [Project] | [Date] | [Date] | [X FTEs] | [Covered/Gap] |

### Bottlenecks
- [Skill or role that's oversubscribed]
- [Time period with a crunch]

### Recommendations
1. [Hire / Contract / Reprioritize / Delay]
2. [Specific action]

### Scenarios
| Scenario | Outcome |
|----------|---------|
| Do nothing | [What happens] |
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