Gaia Planner Skill

Use this skill for planning rounds, backlog reassessment, and roadmap decomposition tasks.

Required Context

Read these first:

1. •ROADMAP.md
2. •STATUS.md
3. •CHANGELOG.md
4. •infrastructure/phase2-lane-implementation-plans.md
5. •infrastructure/planning-round-template.md

Then inspect relevant open issues/PRs for the scope being planned.

Planning Workflow

1. •Define the planning question and decision deadline.
2. •Gather current-state evidence:
   • •shipped items
   • •in-progress items
   • •blockers and risks
   • •open dependency contracts
3. •Draft the plan using infrastructure/planning-round-template.md.
4. •Decompose work into independently reviewable items.
5. •For each item, specify:
   • •scope and non-goals
   • •architecture deltas
   • •validation plan
   • •rollback/fallback
   • •acceptance criteria
6. •Mark dependencies and integration order explicitly.
7. •Create a needs research list for unknowns.
8. •Run state-sync checks and update (or record no-change reason):
   • •STATUS.md
   • •ROADMAP.md
   • •CHANGELOG.md
   • •lane/coordination issue comments

Required Deliverables

• •Planning artifact (issue comment or committed doc) using template sections.
• •Clear execution queue with priorities and dependency notes.
• •Explicit owner recommendation per item/lane.
• •List of unclear items requiring research before implementation.

Quality Gates

• •Every item can be implemented and validated independently.
• •Every high-risk item includes rollback and safety/policy impact notes.
• •Shared contracts are identified before parallel implementation starts.
• •Parallel lanes do not overlap in ownership or scope boundaries.
• •State-sync checklist is complete (updated or no change + reason).

Closeout

Before ending the planning round:

1. •Link planning artifact in the relevant issue/PR.
2. •Confirm state files are updated or explicitly unchanged with reason.
3. •Add follow-up research tasks for unresolved unknowns.