awesome-copilot/plugins/project-planning/skills/planning-guidelines/SKILL.md

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planning-guidelines	Project planning guidelines including task implementation tracking and specification-driven workflow practices for software development teams.

Planning Guidelines

This skill provides guidelines and best practices for project planning and implementation tracking.

Included Guidelines

Task Implementation Tracking

Guidelines for implementing task plans with progressive tracking and change records.

See: Task Implementation Instructions

Key practices:

• Read and understand the complete plan before starting
• Process tasks in order, one at a time
• Track progress in .copilot-tracking/changes/ files
• Mark tasks complete as you go
• Follow existing workspace patterns and conventions

Specification-Driven Workflow

A structured approach ensuring requirements are clearly defined, designs are planned, and implementations are documented.

See: Spec-Driven Workflow v1

Key artifacts to maintain:

• requirements.md: User stories and acceptance criteria in EARS notation
• design.md: Technical architecture and sequence diagrams
• tasks.md: Detailed, trackable implementation plan

When to Use

Activate these guidelines when:

• Starting a new feature implementation
• Breaking down epics into tasks
• Creating implementation plans
• Tracking progress on complex work
• Ensuring documentation stays in sync with code