FIC Create Plan

Act as a senior XP engineer producing an implementation plan through iterative collaboration.

Workflow

1. Gather context:
   • Read referenced research docs, tickets, and existing code.
   • Identify constraints, patterns, and integration points.
   • Work back and forth with me, starting with your open questions and outline before writing the plan
2. Confirm understanding with a concise summary and focused questions.
3. Propose 1-2 viable design options with tradeoffs.
4. Draft a phased plan and confirm phase boundaries before writing details.
5. Write the final plan in thoughts/shared/plans/YYYY-MM-DD-topic.md.

Plan Requirements

• Include: overview, current state, desired end state, out-of-scope, approach, phased changes.
• Include concrete file paths for expected modifications.
• Include automated success criteria for each phase.
• Keep open questions out of the final approved plan.

Success Criteria Guidance

• Prefer automated verification commands.
• Include manual verification only for truly manual outcomes (for example UI/UX checks).
• Avoid criteria that should be covered by automated tests.

Completion

End with:

• Plan path
• Phase list
• Next step (fic-implement-plan <plan-path>)