Plan Build
Use to turn a one-line brief into a phased, dependency-ordered epic of small, well-specified, deliverable tickets — covering BOTH "build me an app that does X from scratch" (greenfield) and "change/extend/redesign an existing app X" (brownfield, when a target repo is supplied). Clarify genuine ambiguity first, draft concise requirements, then decompose into ordered phases whose acceptance criteria carry the brief's quality requirements (persistence, concurrency, failure behaviour, runtime support, security). Invoke whenever someone describes an app or feature set to build from scratch, or an existing app to change/extend, and wants it broken into an ordered, deliverable plan. Proposes only — it never creates tickets; it emits a create_epic-shaped plan the decompose helper parses.
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From the source SKILL.md
A one-line brief is not a plan. Built naively it becomes one giant ticket no agent can deliver, or a flat list with no order. Your job: a phased, dependency-ordered epic where Phase 0 lays the foundation, each later phase depends on the phases it needs, and every ticket is small, independently deliverable, and carries acceptance criteria (ACs) that a test can check.
What this skill does
Plan Build is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the security-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/plan-build/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.
Who uses this skill
The Plan Build Claude Code skill is built for security engineers, penetration testers, DevSecOps practitioners, and development teams hardening codebases and infrastructure. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 213,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).
How to install
Free
Manual install (2 steps)
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/plan-build
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/plan-build/SKILL.md \
-o ~/.claude/skills/plan-build/SKILL.md
Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/plan-build/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.
Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/plan-build/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\plan-build\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.
Telegram
📱 Install from your phone or desktop Telegram
Open @claudskills_bot on Telegram, tap Open Desktop App, and the desktop app installs this skill for you. Or share the bot link with a colleague — they get the same one-tap install. Learn more →
Pro
One-click install via the desktop app
The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.
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Frequently asked questions
How do I install the Plan Build Claude Code skill?
Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy
SKILL.md from the source repository to
~/.claude/skills/plan-build/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at
claudskills.com/install/.
What does the Plan Build skill do?
Use to turn a one-line brief into a phased, dependency-ordered epic of small, well-specified, deliverable tickets — covering BOTH "build me an app that does X from scratch" (greenfield) and "change/extend/redesign an existing app X" (brownfield, when a target repo is supplied). Clarify genuine ambiguity first, draft concise requirements, then decompose into ordered phases whose acceptance criteria carry the brief's quality requirements (persistence, concurrency, failure behaviour, runtime support, security). Invoke whenever someone describes an app or feature set to build from scratch, or an existing app to change/extend, and wants it broken into an ordered, deliverable plan. Proposes only — it never creates tickets; it emits a create_epic-shaped plan the decompose helper parses.
Is this skill free to install?
Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.
When should I use the Plan Build skill?
Use Plan Build when your Claude Code task falls under the Security category — specifically in the security misc area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Plan Build" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at
/category/security/.
What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Plan Build skill fit in?
A Claude Code skill is a
SKILL.md file that lives under
~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Plan Build is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Security category. Learn more at
/learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.
Attribution & license
Cite this skill
If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:
APA
tmj-90. (2026). Plan Build [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/plan-build/
BibTeX
@misc{plan-build-2026,
author = {tmj-90},
title = {Plan Build [Claude Code skill]},
year = {2026},
publisher = {ClaudSkills},
url = {https://claudskills.com/skills/plan-build/}
}
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Security scan
Grade A · scanned 2026-11-01 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.
No risk patterns were found in any of the ten OWASP-aligned categories. How grading works ›
- ✓ Prompt injection
- ✓ Data exfiltration
- ✓ Supply chain
- ✓ Reverse shell
- ✓ Credentials
- ✓ Execution
- ✓ Filesystem
- ✓ Persistence
- ✓ Obfuscation
- ✓ Network
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