Planner Pattern — Skills

Pattern: Planner
Component: skills.md
Version: 1.1 | Updated: 2026-07-16

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Skill	Path	Why required
Architecture	03-skill-engineering/skills/ (architecture)	Design options, quality attributes, ADR-quality decisions
Planning / decomposition	planning skill	Ordered increments, dependency-respecting sequences
Context curation	context skill	Minimal high-signal packages for the planner

Skill activation triggers

1. Architecture skill — when more than one viable topology exists, or a quality-attribute scenario is at risk
2. Planning skill — always for this pattern; produces the sequence and file map
3. Context skill — when context > model comfort zone or noise is high; curate before planning

Verification that skills worked

• Architecture: rejected alternatives are named with reasons
• Planning: sequence has no forward references to undefined steps
• Context: planner does not request files that should already be in the package