# Starter Plan

> Fundamental Planning Phase starter skill. Orchestrates goal decomposition, constraint discovery, alternative exploration, scope boundary locks, and risk red-teaming before execution.

- Skill: `felipecustodio/starter-plan` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 3 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add felipecustodio/starter-plan`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/felipecustodio/starter-plan/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Product & Planning
- License: MIT
- Author: felipecustodio (https://skillmd.com/u/felipecustodio)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/felipecustodio/starter-plan

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## Overview & Purpose

starter-plan is a starter workflow for for the primary agent loop: PLAN. It ensures disciplined execution of reasoning frameworks throughout this critical phase.

## Execution Workflow

1. **Orchestrate Planning Pipeline (`orchestration-suggest`)**: Analyze prompt and select optimal sub-skill sequences.
2. **Discover Requirements & Constraints (`socratic-method`)**: Probe hidden assumptions, non-functional requirements, and boundary conditions.
3. **Map System Architecture (`systems-thinking`)**: Identify component interconnections, feedback loops, and use points.
4. **Explore Alternative Plans (`tree-of-thought`)**: Evaluate multiple strategic execution branches using heuristic scoring.
5. **Set Scope & Hard Boundaries (`ulysses-protocol`)**: Lock in strict scope limits and stopping criteria to prevent creep.
6. **Stress-Test & Red-Team Plan (`pdr-reasoning`)**: Predict failure modes and build contingency safeguards into the plan.
7. **Serialize Plan State (`session-export`)**: Export the verified plan to disk for execution hand-off.

## Expected Output Contract

```markdown
### Agentic Loop Phase: [STARTER-PLAN]
- **Phase Status**: [Complete / In Progress]
- **Key Deliverables**: [Summary of Phase Output]
- **Hand-off Artifact**: [Exported State / Implementation Code]
```

## Scripts

- `scripts/starter_plan.py` - State serialization and execution helper for starter-plan.

## Gotchas

- Ensure `starter-plan` has exported a valid plan state before triggering `starter-implement`.