plan-loop

A command that reads a plan file and carries out its tasks repeatedly until the tasks are done and the plan’s exit conditions pass.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to run implementation, bug-fix, or code-quality plans. It tracks task dependencies and can stop after a chosen number of iterations.
Why use it?
It keeps implementation work tied to a written plan and prevents the process from stopping before its required checks succeed.

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/gantisstorm/essentials-claude-code/plan-loop
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/GantisStorm/essentials-claude-code
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 1,425 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
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 $0.00009 $0.01425
Opus 5 $0.00005 $0.00713
Sonnet 5 $0.00002 $0.00285
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00143

Measured 2d ago against content hash 025df1d3a3c1, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

plan-loop 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.

essentials/commands/plan-loop.md · 158 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 158 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Plan Loop Command

Execute a plan file iteratively until all tasks are complete AND exit criteria pass. Requires a plan file.

Note: Loop and swarm are interchangeable - swarm is just faster when tasks can run in parallel. Both enforce exit criteria and sync state.

Uses Claude Code's built-in Task Management System for dependency tracking and visual progress (ctrl+t).

IMPORTANT: The plan file is your source of truth. Exit Criteria MUST pass before the loop will end.

Supported Plan Types

This command works with plans from:

  • /plan-creator - Implementation plans
  • /bug-plan-creator - Bug fix plans
  • /code-quality-plan-creator - LSP-powered quality plans

Arguments

  • <plan_path> (required): Path to the plan file
  • --max-iterations N (optional): Maximum iterations before stopping (default: unlimited)

Instructions

Step 1: Read the Plan (Only)

Read the plan file and extract tasks. DO NOT read other files, grep, or explore the codebase - just parse the plan. Never spawn sub-agents or delegate work — do ALL implementation directly yourself.

  1. Files to Edit - existing files that need modification
  2. Files to Create - new files to create
  3. Implementation Plan - per-file implementation instructions
  4. Requirements - acceptance criteria
  5. Exit Criteria - verification script and success conditions
  6. Dependency Graph - file dependency phases for execution ordering

Step 2: Create Task Graph

Create a task for each work item and build an ID map as you go:

TaskCreate({ "subject": "Create auth types", ... })        // → task "1"
TaskCreate({ "subject": "Implement auth middleware", ... }) // → task "2"
TaskCreate({ "subject": "Add route protection", ... })     // → task "3"
TaskCreate({ "subject": "Run exit criteria", ... })        // → task "4"

Full TaskCreate per item:

TaskCreate({
  "subject": "Implement auth middleware",
  "description": "Full implementation details from plan - self-contained",
  "activeForm": "Implementing auth middleware"
})

Read the full file on GitHub · 158 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. 2d ago First seen · 158 lines · 9 tokens per session scan A 025df1d3a3c1

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plan-loop is a command published in the GitHub repository GantisStorm/essentials-claude-code (91 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed Unlicense. It adds 9 tokens to every session and 1,425 once invoked, about $0.0000 per session on Opus 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.