superpowers-sage:plan-generator

Plan Generator

Generate implementation plans from approved architecture specs.

Announce at start: "I'm using plan-generator to transform the approved architecture into an executable implementation plan."

Input

$ARGUMENTS

HARD GATES

• Do not generate a plan without an approved architecture spec.
• Do not implement code in this skill.
• Do not mark the plan complete if dependencies are ambiguous.

Procedure

1) Resolve and validate spec input

Accept one of:

• Direct spec path from arguments
• Most recent approved file in docs/superpowers/specs/

Reject if spec approval is missing.

2) Preflight — handoff payload validation

Before generating any plan files, validate the architecture spec against its claimed sources (git refs, external APIs, content models). See references/anti-drift.md for the full preflight protocol.

If the spec's "chosen approach" is "zero-migration port from legacy schema", emit an AD-2 byte-for-byte gate per ported component. See references/anti-drift.md.

3) Parse architecture into implementation units

Extract:

• Components and responsibilities
• Data model decisions
• Integration points
• Quality constraints

Translate each into concrete implementation units.

4) Build dependency graph

Classify every unit:

• parallel: independent work
• sequential: depends on prior unit output
• gated: requires user/reviewer checkpoint

Document graph in the plan.

5) Assign execution strategy and skill routing

For each unit, define:

• Strategy: autonomous, interactive, or mixed
• Suggested skill(s): superpowers-sage:building, superpowers-sage:modeling, superpowers-sage:designing, superpowers-sage:verifying, and reference skills (acorn-*, wp-*) as needed
• Acceptance criteria

6) Generate plan directory and files

Create the directory and file structure as defined in references/plan-format.md.

Full file templates and frontmatter schemas: skills/plan-generator/references/plan-format.md

7) Validate plan consistency

Check:

• Every component appears exactly once
• Every dependency has a source node
• No component is both parallel and sequential in the same stage
• Strategy aligns with risk/complexity
• Every interactive component has a visual checkpoint owner

Full validation rules: skills/plan-generator/references/anti-drift.md

8) Final handoff for execution

Present concise execution summary (phases, parallel batches, checkpoints) and offer superpowers-sage:building.

Verification

Before completion, confirm all items:

• Approved source spec exists and is referenced in source-spec
• Plan directory exists with required files
• Dependency graph has no unresolved nodes
• Each component has acceptance criteria in its sub-plan

Failure modes

• Spec missing or unapproved: block and request architecture approval.
• Dependency cycle detected: surface cycle and propose reordering.
• Incomplete component definitions: return to architecture spec for clarification.
• Too many cross-component dependencies: split into phased plan and mark phase gates.