create-impl-plan

What it does

/cl-dev:create-impl-plan turns a claimed issue into a phased implementation plan: a sequenced set of steps, broken into phases, that a coding agent (or you) can execute one phase at a time. It reads the issue and its acceptance criteria and produces the concrete build plan the rest of the workflow runs against.

The plan is drafted in a state that waits for your sign-off. Nothing gets built until you approve it.

When to use it

Reach for this after you've claimed the issue and settled on an approach, when you're ready to move from what and how to a step-by-step build plan.

In the workflow, it sits between claiming the issue and approving the plan:

spec → claim-issue → (design-solution → review-design / reduce-complexity) → create-impl-plan → approve-plan → implement

For a small, well-understood change you can go straight from claim-issue to create-impl-plan. For larger or riskier work, shape the approach first with design-solution so the plan is built on a design you trust.

How to invoke it

Run the skill in your coding agent from within the repo:

/cl-dev:create-impl-plan

It works against the issue you're currently on, so claim the issue first. See claim-issue. If you have more than one piece of work in flight, point it at the right one by naming the issue when you invoke it.

Once the plan is drafted, review it and, when it looks right, move on to approve-plan. After that, implement executes it phase by phase.