MANDATORY FORCED MODE - READ FIRST

This skill is a thin alias. It ALWAYS runs canonical plan-workflow with --plan-only --no-checkpoint (use existing shared.md, no interactive checkpoint), regardless of $ARGUMENTS.

Flag policy (unambiguous):

• Supported: the feature name, --team, --dry-run, --no-worktree, --visual.
• Silent no-op (legacy): --worktree.
• Redundant — silently ignored because already forced: --plan-only, --no-checkpoint.
• Every other flag (including --research-only, --optimized, and any unknown -/-- token) → abort with the usage error below. Do not read the canonical skill or write anything.

SCOPE LIMITATION - READ FIRST

THIS SKILL ONLY CREATES PLANNING ARTIFACTS. IT NEVER IMPLEMENTS.

• DO NOT execute any implementation tasks
• DO NOT modify application code
• DO NOT run the implement-plan skill
• DO NOT proceed beyond creating planning artifacts

Outputs:

• ${PLANS_DIR}/[feature-name]/analysis-context.md
• ${PLANS_DIR}/[feature-name]/analysis-code.md
• ${PLANS_DIR}/[feature-name]/analysis-tasks.md
• ${PLANS_DIR}/[feature-name]/parallel-plan.md

After creating planning artifacts and displaying the summary, STOP COMPLETELY.

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Parallel Plan (alias)

Workflow Integration

shared-context (step 1) -> parallel-plan (this skill) -> implement-plan (step 3)

This skill requires ${feature_dir}/shared.md and ends after producing analysis artifacts and parallel-plan.md. The user manually runs /implement-plan when ready.

If shared.md doesn't exist: canonical plan-workflow/scripts/check-prerequisites.sh fails fast in plan-only mode. Stop and tell the user to run /shared-context [feature-name] first. Do NOT fall back to research.

Arguments

Target: $ARGUMENTS

• --team: Optional. (Claude Code only) Deploy analysis and validation stages as teammates. Default is standalone parallel sub-agents via the Agent tool. Cursor and Codex bundles lack team tools — do not pass --team there.
• --worktree: Optional. (legacy — now default; safe to omit) Worktree annotations are emitted by default. Accepted as a silent no-op.
• --no-worktree: Optional. Opt out of worktree annotations. The plan will not contain a ## Worktree Setup section.
• --visual: Optional. Render the finished plan as an Agent-Native visual artifact (MDX) via ycc:visual-plan; local-files by default, hosted link requires --share.
• --dry-run: Show what would be created without making changes. Writes nothing.
• feature-name: Required. Matches directory name in ${PLANS_DIR}.

If any unsupported flag is present (see Flag policy above), abort with a usage error and STOP:

Usage: /parallel-plan [--team] [--no-worktree] [--visual] [feature-name] [--dry-run]
This alias always runs plan-workflow --plan-only --no-checkpoint.
Unsupported flag: <flag>

If no feature name provided, abort with the same usage plus examples:

/parallel-plan user-authentication
/parallel-plan payment-integration --dry-run
/parallel-plan --team payment-integration
/parallel-plan --no-worktree user-authentication
/parallel-plan --visual user-authentication

Execution

Build the effective $ARGUMENTS for canonical plan-workflow:

<feature-name> --plan-only --no-checkpoint [--team] [--dry-run] [--no-worktree] [--visual]

(optional flags only if the user passed them; --worktree maps to nothing — it is a legacy no-op; user-supplied redundant --plan-only / --no-checkpoint are dropped, not duplicated.)

1. Read ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/plan-workflow/SKILL.md.
2. Execute as orchestrator with the effective $ARGUMENTS above substituted for $ARGUMENTS, so the canonical parser itself sets PLAN_ONLY=true and NO_CHECKPOINT=true (those variables are explanatory only — never invocation syntax).
3. On completion print the plan summary and STOP. Never implement.

Summary

# Parallel Plan Created

## Location

${feature_dir}/parallel-plan.md

## Analysis Files Generated

- ${feature_dir}/analysis-context.md
- ${feature_dir}/analysis-code.md
- ${feature_dir}/analysis-tasks.md

## Next Steps (FOR USER - NOT FOR THIS SKILL)

**THIS SKILL IS NOW COMPLETE. DO NOT PROCEED.**

/implement-plan [feature-name]

STOP: Do not execute implement-plan. Do not write any more files. Do not modify any code. This skill is complete.