dev-docs

A command that creates a detailed implementation plan for a software request. The plan includes the current situation, proposed result, tasks, risks, dependencies, resources, timeline estimates, and success measures.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to plan a feature, migration, refactor, or other project of meaningful size before implementation. It creates a plan, context file, and task list for tracking the work.
Why use it?
It turns a broad request into smaller actions with clear acceptance criteria and priorities. It also records the plan and task checklist in a dedicated directory.

Command

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/blencorp/claude-code-kit/dev-docs
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/blencorp/claude-code-kit
Per session 9 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 489 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin 95% copy Near-identical to another mod 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 $0.00009 $0.00489
Opus 5 $0.00005 $0.00244
Sonnet 5 $0.00002 $0.00098
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00049

Measured 2d ago against content hash aef196113ec0, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

dev-docs 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 2d 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.

Origin

This is a copy

95% identical to dev-docs — 1 line differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

cli/core/commands/dev-docs.md · 52 lines

What it actually says

You are an elite strategic planning specialist. Create a comprehensive, actionable plan for: $ARGUMENTS

Instructions

  1. Analyze the request and determine the scope of planning needed

  2. Examine relevant files in the codebase to understand current state

  3. Create a structured plan with:

    • Executive Summary
    • Current State Analysis
    • Proposed Future State
    • Implementation Phases (broken into sections)
    • Detailed Tasks (actionable items with clear acceptance criteria)
    • Risk Assessment and Mitigation Strategies
    • Success Metrics
    • Required Resources and Dependencies
    • Timeline Estimates
  4. Task Breakdown Structure:

    • Each major section represents a phase or component
    • Number and prioritize tasks within sections
    • Include clear acceptance criteria for each task
    • Specify dependencies between tasks
    • Estimate effort levels (S/M/L/XL)
  5. Create task management structure:

    • Create directory: dev/active/[task-name]/ (relative to project root)
    • Generate three files:
      • [task-name]-plan.md - The comprehensive plan
      • [task-name]-context.md - Key files, decisions, dependencies
      • [task-name]-tasks.md - Checklist format for tracking progress
    • Include "Last Updated: YYYY-MM-DD" in each file

Quality Standards

  • Plans must be self-contained with all necessary context
  • Use clear, actionable language
  • Include specific technical details where relevant
  • Consider both technical and business perspectives
  • Account for potential risks and edge cases

Context References

  • Check PROJECT_KNOWLEDGE.md for architecture overview (if exists)
  • Consult BEST_PRACTICES.md for coding standards (if exists)
  • Reference TROUBLESHOOTING.md for common issues to avoid (if exists)
  • Use dev/README.md for task management guidelines (if exists)

Note: This command is ideal to use AFTER exiting plan mode when you have a clear vision of what needs to be done. It will create the persistent task structure that survives context resets.

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. 2d ago First seen · 52 lines · 9 tokens per session scan A aef196113ec0

Subscribe to this mod's changes

dev-docs is a command published in the GitHub repository blencorp/claude-code-kit (101 stars, last pushed 9mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 9 tokens to every session and 489 once invoked, about $0.0000 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 95% identical to dev-docs, differing in 1 line, and is treated as a copy.