manage-plans

name	manage-plans
description	Create, update, and maintain BLXCode workspace plans under `.agents/plans/`. Use when Codex needs to add a new implementation plan, refine an existing plan, update plan task status, keep `PLANS.md` indexed, or explain the repository's Markdown plan format and task syntax to agents.

Manage BLXCode Plans

Core Rules

• Store durable plans as .agents/plans/<slug>/plan.md.
• Keep .agents/plans/PLANS.md as the protected index. Do not delete or rename it.
• Use one focused plan folder per feature, refactor, investigation, or multi-step implementation.
• Prefer lowercase hyphenated folder slugs with a canonical plan.md, for example kanban-board-view/plan.md.
• Keep plans agent-actionable: concrete enough to implement, but not bloated with unrelated analysis.
• Update the plan as work changes. A stale plan is worse than no plan.

Plan File Structure

Use this default structure for new plans:

# Short Plan Title

## Summary

Briefly state the goal, current direction, and important constraints.

## Decisions

- Record product or technical decisions that should not be rediscovered.
- Include assumptions when the user has not explicitly decided something.

## Implementation Notes

- Describe the intended approach by subsystem or behavior.
- Mention important files only when needed to avoid ambiguity.
- Include public APIs, storage formats, commands, or UI contracts when they change.

## Tests

- List backend, frontend, integration, and manual checks expected for the work.

## Tasks

- [ ] `stable-task-id` - Concrete task title

Small plans may omit Decisions or Implementation Notes if they would be empty. Keep Summary, Tests, and Tasks whenever the plan is meant to guide implementation.

Task Syntax

BLXCode parses plan tasks from a ## Tasks section. ## Todos is accepted, but prefer ## Tasks.

Use exactly one task per line:

- [ ] `task-id` - Pending task
- [>] `active-task` - In-progress task
- [!] `blocked-task` - Blocked task
- [x] `done-task` - Completed task
- [-] `cancelled-task` - Cancelled task

Status markers:

• [ ] pending
• [>] in progress
• [!] blocked
• [x] completed
• [-] cancelled

Task IDs must be stable, unique within the plan, lowercase where practical, and wrapped in backticks. Do not rename a task ID casually because BLXCode uses it to sync plan-linked tasks.

Creating A New Plan

1. Check .agents/plans/PLANS.md and existing plan slugs to avoid duplicates.
2. Create a focused plan.md file under .agents/plans/<slug>/.
3. Add a clear H1 title and the standard sections above.
4. Add concrete ## Tasks entries using stable task IDs.
5. Add a row to .agents/plans/PLANS.md with status, link, and concise description.

Index row format:

| planned | [new-plan/plan.md](new-plan/plan.md) | One-sentence description of the intended work |

Use planned, active, blocked, done, or cancelled in the index status column. Match the style already used in PLANS.md.

Updating Existing Plans

• Update task status markers when work progresses.
• Add tasks when the implementation discovers real new work.
• Remove tasks only when they are invalid or superseded; prefer [-] for cancelled work with useful history.
• Keep the index row status aligned with the plan's actual state.
• Preserve unrelated sections and user-authored content.
• Avoid reformatting the whole file unless explicitly asked.

Quality Bar

• Make each task independently actionable.
• Avoid vague tasks like "fix stuff" or "improve UI".
• Include edge cases and acceptance checks in Tests, not as hidden assumptions.
• For UI work, include expected user-visible behavior.
• For storage/API work, include compatibility and migration expectations.
• Do not include implementation details that are merely guesses if the repo can answer them; inspect first.