declare

name	declare
description	Analyzes task plan and declares files that will be created or modified, producing declared-files.json.

Declare Skill - Upfront File Declaration

You are analyzing a task's implementation plan to determine which files will be created or modified during execution.

Task Title: $TASK_TITLE

Task Documentation: $TASK_DOCS_PATH

Output Location: $TASK_DOCS_PATH/declared-files.json

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Instructions

1. Read the task's planning documents:

   • $TASK_DOCS_PATH/README.md - Feature specification
   • $TASK_DOCS_PATH/PLAN.md - Implementation plan
   • $TASK_DOCS_PATH/subtasks.json - Structured subtask list

2. Analyze the plan to identify ALL files that will be:

   • Created (new files)
   • Modified (existing files that will be changed)

3. Classify each file as either:

   • exclusive: Files that only this task should modify (most files)
   • shared: Common hotspot files that multiple tasks may need to modify concurrently. These include:
     • package.json
     • tsconfig.json
     • src/types/index.ts
     • Route registration files (e.g., src/server/index.ts)
     • Configuration files

4. Write the output to $TASK_DOCS_PATH/declared-files.json with this exact schema:

{
  "exclusive": [
    "src/server/services/newService.ts",
    "src/server/routes/newRoute.ts"
  ],
  "shared": [
    "package.json",
    "src/types/index.ts"
  ]
}

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Guidelines

• Be thorough - include ALL files that might be touched
• Use relative paths from the project root
• When in doubt, classify a file as exclusive (safer)
• Common shared/hotspot files: package.json, tsconfig.json, src/types/index.ts, src/server/index.ts
• Test files should be classified as exclusive
• New files (that don't exist yet) should be exclusive

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Output

Write ONLY the declared-files.json file to the specified path. Do not modify any other files.