# Executing Plans

Use when you have a written implementation plan to execute in a separate session with...

- Repository: https://github.com/rpamis/comet (3263 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add rpamis/comet --skill executing-plans -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add rpamis/comet --skill executing-plans -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add rpamis/comet --skill executing-plans -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add rpamis/comet --skill executing-plans -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Use when you have a written implementation plan to execute in a separate session with review checkpoints

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

# Executing Plans

## Overview

Load plan, review critically, execute all tasks, report when complete.

**Announce at start:** "I'm using the executing-plans skill to implement this plan."

**Note:** Tell your human partner that Superpowers works much better with access to subagents. The quality of its work will be significantly higher if run on a platform with subagent support (Claude Code, Codex CLI, Codex App, and Copilot CLI all qualify; see the per-platform tool refs in `../using-superpowers/references/`). If subagents are available, use superpowers:subagent-driven-development instead of this skill.

## The Process

### Step 1: Load and Review Plan
1. Read plan file
2. Review critically - identify any questions or concerns about the plan
3. If concerns: Raise them with your human partner before starting
4. If no concerns: Create todos for the plan items and proceed

### Step 2: Execute Tasks

For each task:
1. Mark as in_progress
2. Follow each step exactly (plan has bite-sized steps)
3. Run verifications as specified
4. Mark as completed

### Step 3: Complete Development

After all tasks complete and verified:
- Announce: "I'm using the finishing-a-development-branch skill to complete this work."
- **REQUIRED SUB-SKILL:** Use superpowers:finishing-a-development-branch
- Follow that skill to verify tests, present options, execute choice

## When to Stop and Ask for Help

**STOP executing immediately when:**
- Hit a blocker (missing dependency, test fails, instruction unclear)
- Plan has critical gaps preventing starting
- You don't understand an instruction
- Verification fails repeatedly

**Ask for clarification rather than guessing.**

## When to Revisit Earlier Steps

**Return to Review (Step 1) when:**
- Partner updates the plan based on your feedback
- Fundamental approach needs rethinking

**Don't force through blockers** - stop and ask.

The rest: https://github.com/rpamis/comet/blob/HEAD/eval/local/skills/benchmarks/dependency/superpowers/executing-plans/SKILL.md