# Convert Plans to Tasks

Decides which plan steps need delegation and links tasks to owners and dependencies.

- Repository: https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip (109885 stars)
- Category: Business
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add paperclipai/paperclip --skill paperclip-converting-plans-to-tasks -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add paperclipai/paperclip --skill paperclip-converting-plans-to-tasks -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add paperclipai/paperclip --skill paperclip-converting-plans-to-tasks -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add paperclipai/paperclip --skill paperclip-converting-plans-to-tasks -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Decide whether Paperclip work needs delegation, and connect justified tasks with owners and real dependencies. Use when turning an authorized plan into work.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Plans to tasks

Keep small, cohesive work on its current ordinary task with one end-to-end owner.
A plan's steps, files, and phases do not each need a task.

Create a separate task only for a useful boundary: another owner or permission,
independent parallel output, a real prerequisite, independent review, or substantial
follow-up that needs its own lifecycle. Check the available agents before assigning.
Give each delegate enough context and a clear deliverable to work independently.

Set real dependencies through `blockedByIssueIds` (or the native dependency tool).
Parent/child nesting and prose do not delay execution. Independent work can start
now; dependent work must wait for its prerequisite. Verify the saved relationships.

Reviewers publish findings on their own review task and complete it, including an
adverse verdict. Make its description self-contained. Connect the verdict to the
owner who must act on it; do not require writes to the parent.

Honor existing authorization and approval boundaries. Use Paperclip's planning
mechanics when approval is required; decomposition does not create new approval gates.