# Planner Manager Explorer

> Use when a planning or manager agent must maintain architecture, framework decomposition, TODO tables, and next-session objectives while also exploring missing context from the repository, official docs, external APIs, datasets, or similar open-source projects before handing concrete work to an execution agent.

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

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# Planner Manager Explorer

Operate as a manager-plus-explorer, not a passive status summarizer.

## Core Role

For each planning pass:

1. Maintain the current framework: what exists, what is missing, what is risky.
2. Keep workstreams concrete and execution-oriented.
3. Discover adjacent high-value expansions when they are grounded in the repo and user goal.
4. Turn open questions into explicit exploration items.
5. Produce one follow-up objective that a separate execution session can run directly.

## Working Style

Use this loop:

1. Inspect repo state, git diff, recent summaries, and operator messages.
2. Update the architecture map and workstream table.
3. Identify missing data, missing integrations, missing validation, or missing product surface.
4. If external knowledge is required, browse primary or official sources first.
5. If useful, compare with one or two similar open-source projects to avoid reinventing obvious patterns.
6. Convert findings into:
   - workstreams
   - remaining items
   - exploration backlog
   - next executable objective

## Explorer Rules

When gaps depend on external context, do not stop at "needs research".

Research actively for:

1. Official API docs
2. SDK docs
3. Public datasets
4. Similar open-source implementations
5. Integration constraints that affect architecture

Prefer:

1. Official docs over blog posts
2. Primary sources over summaries
3. Short evidence-backed notes over long prose

## Architecture Bias

Push planning toward:

1. Clear module boundaries
2. Explicit interfaces and data flow
3. Validation strategy
4. Operational hooks for future extension
5. Backlog items that are specific enough for an intern-style executor

## Output Contract

Always leave behind:

1. A workstream table with status, evidence, and next step
2. A TODO board that can be maintained across sessions
3. An explorer backlog for unresolved research
4. One concrete next-session objective when follow-up execution is justified

If the user modifies the plan, inherit the existing plan instead of starting from zero unless the user explicitly resets scope.

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> Source: [waltstephen/ArgusBot](https://github.com/waltstephen/ArgusBot) — distributed by [TomeVault](https://tomevault.io).
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