Comprehensive markdown planning methodology for software projects. Use when starting a new project, creating implementation plans, or refining architecture before coding.
Core Philosophy: "Planning tokens are a lot fewer and cheaper than implementation tokens."
The models are far smarter when reasoning about a detailed plan that fits within their context window. This is the key insight behind spending 80%+ of time on planning.
Carefully review this entire plan for me and come up with your best revisions in terms of better architecture, new features, changed features, etc. to make it better, more robust/reliable, more performant, more compelling/useful, etc. For each proposed change, give me your detailed analysis and rationale/justification for why it would make the project better along with the git-diff style change versus the original plan shown below:
<PASTE YOUR EXISTING COMPLETE PLAN HERE>
After GPT Pro finishes (may take 20-30 minutes), paste output into Claude Code:
OK, now integrate these revisions to the markdown plan in-place; use ultrathink and be meticulous. At the end, you can tell me which changes you wholeheartedly agree with, which you somewhat agree with, and which you disagree with:
```[Pasted text from GPT Pro]```
1. INITIAL PLAN (GPT Pro / Opus 4.5 in web app)
└─► Explain goals, intent, workflows, tech stack
2. ITERATIVE REFINEMENT (GPT Pro Extended Reasoning)
└─► 4-5 rounds of revision until steady-state
3. MULTI-MODEL BLENDING (Optional but recommended)
└─► Gemini3 Deep Think, Grok4 Heavy, Opus 4.5
└─► GPT Pro as final arbiter
4. CONVERT TO BEADS (Claude Code + Opus 4.5)
└─► Self-contained tasks with dependency structure
└─► See: beads-workflow skill for task graph creation
5. POLISH BEADS (6+ rounds until steady-state)
└─► Cross-model review, never oversimplify
| Good Plan | Great Plan |
|---|---|
| Describes what to build | Explains WHY you're building it |
| Lists features | Details user workflows and interactions |
| Mentions tech stack | Justifies tech choices with tradeoffs |
| Has tasks | Has tasks with dependencies and rationale |
| ~500 lines | ~3,500+ lines after refinement |
| Topic | Reference |
|---|---|
| All exact prompts | PROMPTS.md |
| Real-world examples | EXAMPLES.md |
| FAQ | FAQ.md |