Compound Planning Analysis

You are conducting a comprehensive research analysis of a user's Plannotator plan archive. The goal: extract patterns from their denied plans, reduce them into actionable insights, and produce an elegant HTML dashboard report.

This is a multi-phase process. Each phase must complete fully before the next begins. Research integrity is paramount, every file must be read, no skipping.

Source Selection

Before starting the analysis, determine which data source is available.

1. Plannotator mode (first-class), Find the Plannotator data directory, called <data-dir> from here on. Run:

   plannotator data-dir
   

   It prints the folder's absolute path and creates nothing; use what it prints. If it prints nothing or fails (an older Plannotator), use $PLANNOTATOR_DATA_DIR if set, else whichever of $XDG_DATA_HOME/plannotator and the home folder's .plannotator holds history/ or sessions/ (the home one if both do), and ask the user if neither does.

   Never write into any other folder than <data-dir>. In particular, do not create a .plannotator folder in the home folder unless <data-dir> is that folder: on an install that keeps its data under $XDG_DATA_HOME, a new one can make Plannotator lose sight of the person's plans and history. Leave any other Plannotator folder you find alone, and do not suggest deleting it: it may hold older data.

   Check the plans/ subdirectory of <data-dir>. If it exists and contains *-denied.md files, use this mode. The entire workflow below is written for Plannotator data.