planning-methodology

planning-methodology is a skill for Claude Code from komluk/scaffolding. It costs 51 tokens per session (651 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A guide for turning research into a small, reversible implementation plan before writing code.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it after researching a task or before implementing changes that involve several files, dependencies, tests, rollback steps, or success criteria.
Why use it?
It makes multi-file work easier to sequence, review, test, and undo while exposing risks and breaking changes early.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin.

Part of the scaffolding plugin — 35 skills, 9 commands, 13 agents shipped together

Good fit Use it after researching a task or before implementing changes that involve…

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/komluk/scaffolding/planning-methodology
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add komluk/scaffolding --skill planning-methodology
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/komluk/scaffolding

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install scaffolding, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 35 skills, 9 commands, 13 agents.

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Per session 51 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 651 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 $0.00051 $0.00651
Opus 5 $0.00026 $0.00326
Sonnet 5 $0.00010 $0.00130
Haiku 4.5 $0.00005 $0.00065

Measured 7d ago against content hash 6796f199a732, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

planning-methodology 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 7d 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.

skills/planning-methodology/SKILL.md · 113 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 113 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Planning Methodology Skill

Systematic approach for creating minimal, reversible implementation plans after research phase.

Auto-Invoke Triggers

  • After ResearchPack is validated (score >= 80)
  • Before code implementation begins
  • When task requires multi-file changes
  • User requests implementation plan

5-Step Methodology

Step 1: ResearchPack Review (30 sec)

  • Verify ResearchPack score >= 80
  • Extract required APIs and methods
  • Note all gotchas and caveats
  • List open questions

Step 2: Codebase Analysis (60 sec)

  • Find existing patterns to follow
  • Identify files to modify
  • Check for similar implementations
  • Map component dependencies

Step 3: Change Mapping (60 sec)

  • List all files to modify/create
  • Define minimal change set
  • Identify dependencies between changes
  • Plan test coverage

Step 4: Risk Assessment (30 sec)

  • Identify potential failure points
  • Assess impact on existing code
  • Define rollback per change
  • Flag breaking changes

Step 5: Plan Documentation (60 sec)

  • Write structured ImplementationPlan
  • Include verification per step
  • Document rollback procedure
  • Define success criteria

Output Format: ImplementationPlan

## ImplementationPlan: [Feature]

### Scope
- Files to modify: X
- New files: Y
- Tests to add: Z

### Changes

| # | File | Action | Verification |
|---|------|--------|--------------|
| 1 | path/file.ts | MODIFY | type-check |
| 2 | path/new.ts | CREATE | builds |

### Steps
1. [Step with verification]
2. [Step with verification]

### Rollback
[How to revert each change]

### Success Criteria
- [ ] npm run validate passes
- [ ] Feature works as specified

Planning Principles

Minimal Changes

  • Only modify what's necessary
  • No "while we're here" improvements
  • Prefer small, focused changes

Reversibility

  • Every change must be revertable
  • Document rollback per step
  • Keep backup strategy clear

Consistency

  • Follow existing patterns
  • Match naming conventions
  • Use established architecture

Read the full file on GitHub · 113 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. 7d ago First seen · 113 lines · 51 tokens per session scan A 6796f199a732

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planning-methodology is a skill published in the GitHub repository komluk/scaffolding (15 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 51 tokens to every session and 651 once invoked, about $0.0003 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.

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