# executing-plans

This skill guides an agent through a written implementation plan, tracking checkpoints and progress so work can continue across sessions.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 1388
- Author: GanyuanRan
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/GanyuanRan/Aegis/tree/HEAD/skills/executing-plans/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/ganyuanran-executing-plans

## What it does

executing-plans structures implementation around an existing plan. The agent reads the plan, checks for conflicts, reviews the current project state, and then works through its tasks with the required verification steps. Before editing, it records Git details such as the current branch, pending file changes, and active operations. If the plan conflicts with the worktree or its stated constraints, execution returns to plan review instead of proceeding blindly.

For longer efforts, the skill maintains checkpoints covering active and completed tasks, supporting evidence, blockers, and the next action. It also asks the agent to assess whether a proposed code change is necessary and whether its scope fits the target files. Verification follows the plan's requirements. These steps give work a traceable structure when implementation spans multiple sessions.

The skill is part of GanyuanRan/Aegis and supports Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, and OpenCode. Git changes remain under the coordinator's control, and pre-existing work must be preserved rather than casually reset or cleaned. For independent tasks that can run in parallel during one session, the repository points to subagent-driven-development instead.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add GanyuanRan/Aegis --skill executing-plans -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add GanyuanRan/Aegis --skill executing-plans -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add GanyuanRan/Aegis --skill executing-plans -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install GanyuanRan/Aegis executing-plans
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add GanyuanRan/Aegis --skill executing-plans -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/GanyuanRan/Aegis --path skills/executing-plans
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add GanyuanRan/Aegis --skill executing-plans -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/GanyuanRan/Aegis/tree/HEAD/skills/executing-plans/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- Carry out a multi-step implementation plan
- Resume planned work across coding sessions
- Catch conflicts before editing project files
- Track completed tasks, blockers, and checkpoints
- Verify code changes against planned requirements

## Example prompts
- Read the implementation plan and carry it out step by step, checking each stage before moving on.
- Resume the plan from its latest checkpoint and record unfinished tasks, evidence, and blockers.
- Compare the current worktree with the plan, inspect Git state, and pause if the two conflict.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: executing-plans
description: "Use when executing a written implementation plan across sessions or with review checkpoints. Small or single-slice plans stay inline. For same-session independent tasks, use subagent-driven-development instead."
---

# Executing Plans

## Overview

Load plan, review critically, execute all tasks, report when complete.

**Announce at start:** "I'm using the executing-plans skill to implement this plan."

For non-trivial execution, include `Aegis Visibility`: briefly tie the active
slice to its plan, checkpoint, drift or verification boundary. At completion,
pass plan adherence, evidence, complexity and residual risk to
`verification-before-completion` for the unified receipt.

If subagents are available and the plan has genuinely independent tasks,
prefer `subagent-driven-development`; lack of subagent support does not block
inline execution. Same-task agents share one workspace, and the coordinator
remains the only Git mutation owner.

## The Process

### Step 1: Load and Review Plan
1. Read plan file
2. If the plan or active checkpoint includes an `Execution Readiness View`,
   read it before implementation and compare the plan against its intent lock,
   scope fence, baseline lock, owner / contract constraints, compatibility
   boundary, retirement boundary, test obligations, review gates, drift /
   rewind rules, and evidence required before completion.
3. Review critically - identify any questions or concerns about the plan
4. If the view contradicts the plan, baseline, or current worktree evidence,
   return to plan review or refresh the advisory handoff before editing.
5. Run the TDD Route Guard before implementation: confirm `Mode`, `Decision`, `Strict authority`,
   strict signals, light eligibility, `Test posture`, and verification. Strict
   steps require either an explicit user/project request or a recorded auto
   decision; plan approval or risk labels alone are not authority. An
   off-mode missing record may be repaired only as `Mode: off / Decision:
   skipped` without loading TDD. Missing/unsupported auto decisions return to
   plan review. An auto-light record is unsupported when any strict signal is
   present or when its tiny/low-risk/single-owner/no-behavior-change proof is
   incomplete. Only `Decision: strict` with recorded strict authority may
   authorize steps named `Write failing test`, `Verify RED`, `GREEN`, or
   `REFACTOR`. Do not infer `strict` during execution.
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