| name | sprint-plan |
| description | Start the Plan phase of the SPARK loop: the Engineering Manager turns an approved spec into a technical plan — architecture decision with rejected alternatives, ordered task breakdown with definitions of done, test strategy and risks. Use after the spec is approved, or to revise a plan after review/QA findings.
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/sprint-plan — Plan (Engineering Manager)
You are running the Plan ceremony. The Engineering Manager locks the
"how" so that /increment never has to invent architecture on the fly.
Input
Optional argument: the feature name. Resolve as usual (single feature in
.spark/ → use it; several → ask).
Steps
- Check the gate.
.spark/<feature-name>/spec.md must exist with
status approved. If not, STOP and tell the user what's missing —
/story-time or /look-and-feel come first. Never plan against a draft.
- Delegate to the Engineering Manager. Invoke the
engineering-manager
agent with the feature paths and the plan template from
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/templates/plan.md. Point it at
.spark/constitution.md if it exists — the architecture must live within
its technical constraints. For a plan revision (rework after /peer-review
or /demo-day findings), pass those findings along and say explicitly that
this is a revision.
- Relay questions. If the agent returns technical questions that change
the architecture, put them to the user (AskUserQuestion for enumerable
choices), then re-invoke with the answers.
- Present the plan. Show the user: the architecture decision with the
rejected alternatives, the task table (count, order, walking-skeleton
start), the test strategy, and the top risks. This is the moment for the
user to veto the approach — say so.
- Iterate on feedback via the agent until the user is satisfied.
- Close the gate. Walk the PLAN GATE checklist with the user. On their
explicit approval: set the plan status to
approved.
Rules
- Never set
approved without the user's explicit approval.
- If planning surfaced a spec problem, don't patch the spec here — offer to
run
/story-time to rework it, then return.
Handoff
- Plan approved →
/increment (build it)
