Toolkit New Plan Creator
Create working plans following Toolkit conventions - date-first naming, proper frontmatter, template structure for exploring approaches.
Usage
code
/toolkit-new-plan
The skill will prompt you for:
- •Plan description - Brief topic (e.g., "auth-approaches")
- •Context (optional) - What problem you're solving
It creates: plans/YYYY-MM-DD-description.md
What It Does
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Prompts for details:
- •Description/topic (required)
- •Context (optional)
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Generates plan file:
- •Name:
plans/YYYY-MM-DD-{description}.md - •Frontmatter with required fields
- •Template sections ready to fill
- •Name:
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Provides next steps:
- •How to fill in approaches
- •When to graduate the plan
- •Reminder that it's git-ignored (explore freely!)
What You Get
A working plan with:
- •✅ Date-first filename (
2026-02-02-your-topic.md) - •✅ Proper frontmatter (snake_case fields)
- •✅ Template structure (Problem, Approaches, Rough Notes, Decision)
- •✅ Git-ignored by default (safe to be messy)
After Creation
- •Explore approaches - Fill in pros/cons, ask questions
- •Be messy - This is thinking space, not presentation
- •Graduate when ready -
/toolkit-graduate YYYY-MM-DD-description
Related
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/toolkit-graduate- Promote plan to formal documentation - •
plans/TEMPLATE.md- Template structure - •
rules/toolkit-frontmatter-standards.md- Metadata standards - •
rules/toolkit-naming-conventions.md- Naming conventions - •
agents/toolkit-planning-guide- Planning workflow guidance
Implementation
This skill runs scripts/new-plan.sh which handles:
- •Date generation
- •Filename creation
- •Template population
- •Directory detection (plans/ or .claude/plans/)
- •Validation