# Aide Execplan

> Create and maintain restartable AIDE ExecPlans as living documents for long-running queue work. Use when this capability is needed.

- Skill: `tomevault-io/aide-execplan` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add tomevault-io/aide-execplan`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/tomevault-io/aide-execplan/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: tomevault-io (https://skillmd.com/u/tomevault-io)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/tomevault-io/aide-execplan

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## Use When

- A queue item needs an `ExecPlan.md`.
- A stateless future worker must be able to resume work from the filesystem.
- Work spans multiple steps, files, blockers, or validation phases.

## ExecPlan Requirements

- State the purpose, scope, non-goals, allowed paths, milestones, validation, and evidence.
- Include current facts to verify rather than unverified assumptions.
- Maintain progress, surprises, decisions, and retrospective notes as the work changes.
- Describe idempotence and recovery so a new worker can continue safely.
- Keep the plan self-contained enough that chat history is optional.

## Operating Rule

Treat the ExecPlan as a living control document. Update it during execution, not only after completion. Never use it to smuggle in scope beyond the task allowlist.

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## Generated AIDE Source Summary

- ExecPlans are the restartable control document for long-running AIDE queue work.
- Keep Progress, discoveries, decisions, validation, recovery, evidence, and retrospective current while work runs.
- Do not use an ExecPlan to widen scope beyond the queue task allowlist.
- Generated outputs must be treated as reviewable downstream artifacts, not canonical plans.
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> Source: [Julesc013/aide](https://github.com/Julesc013/aide) — distributed by [TomeVault](https://tomevault.io).
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