ace:validate-plan

ace:validate-plan is a command for Claude Code from AgriciDaniel/ace-claude-code. It costs 11 tokens per session (2,000 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A command that checks whether a PLAN.md file has the required structure and task fields before work begins.

In plain words
What is it for?
It helps locate a plan, read its metadata and tasks, and verify fields such as zone, files, action, verification steps, and completion conditions.
Why use it?
It catches missing fields, invalid zones, and conflicting plan details before they cause execution problems.

Command for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: allowed-tools in frontmatter. Also seen: names the AskUserQuestion tool.

Good fit It helps locate a plan, read its metadata and tasks, and verify fields such as zone, files, action, verification steps, and completion conditions.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/agricidaniel/ace-claude-code/validate-plan
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/ace-claude-code

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 11 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 2,000 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00011 $0.02000
Opus 5.5 $0.00004 $0.00800
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00002 $0.00400
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00200

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 6c236766dcd3, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

ace:validate-plan scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 1mo ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.ace/commands/validate-plan.md · 351 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 351 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Catches errors early to prevent execution failures, ensuring all required fields exist, zones are valid, and there are no conflicts.

Required: @.ace/planning/STATE.md (if no path provided) @.ace/project-types.json

Load: Target PLAN.md file

1. Locate Plan File

if $ARGUMENTS provided:
    plan_path = $ARGUMENTS
else:
    Read STATE.md for current plan path

if plan not found:
    Error: "No plan file found. Provide path or run /ace:plan-phase first"

2. Parse Plan Structure

Read the PLAN.md and extract:

  • Header metadata (Plan ID, Phase, Name)
  • Task blocks
  • Checkpoint definitions (if any)
+==============================================================+
|                    PLAN VALIDATION                           |
+==============================================================+

Plan: [plan_path]
Parsing structure...

3. Validate Required Fields

For each task block, check required fields:

Required Task Fields

Field Required Format
Zone YES ALPHA, BETA, or GAMMA
Files YES List of file patterns
Action YES Description of what to do
Verify YES How to verify completion
Done when YES Completion criteria

Validation Process

FIELD VALIDATION:

Task 1: "Create user model"
  Line 15: [*] Zone: ALPHA
  Line 16: [*] Files: src/models/user.ts
  Line 17: [*] Action: Present
  Line 20: [*] Verify: Present
  Line 23: [*] Done when: Present

Task 2: "Add auth service"
  Line 30: [*] Zone: BETA
  Line 31: [X] Files: MISSING
  Line 32: [*] Action: Present
  Line 35: [X] Verify: MISSING
  Line 38: [*] Done when: Present

+==============================================================+

Read the full file on GitHub · 351 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 1mo ago First seen · 351 lines · 11 tokens per session scan A 6c236766dcd3

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ace:validate-plan is a command published in the GitHub repository AgriciDaniel/ace-claude-code (27 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 11 tokens to every session and 2,000 once invoked, about $0.0000 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.