Plan Work Items

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Plan Work Items 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 Work Items is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the General category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: General · Sub-category: general-misc · Last updated: 2026-08-25

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Break a trusted implementation plan (or other provided context) into independently-grabbable, atomic work items, written to a single work-items.md file. Use when the user wants to convert a plan into work items, create implementation tickets or tasks, divide a plan into work units, or break the plan down into grabbable pieces. Do not use when there is no implementation plan yet or the plan is not yet trusted — use plan-implementation to produce the plan or iterative-plan-review to harden it first. Does not sequence work into demoable delivery phases — use plan-a-phased-build for that. Does not write code — use tdd to implement a work item.

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What this skill does

Plan Work Items is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the general-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/plan-work-items/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when the user wants to convert a plan into work items, create implementation tickets or tasks, divide a plan into work units, or break the plan down into grabbable pieces. Do not use when there is no implementation plan yet or the plan is not yet trusted — use plan-implementation to produce the plan or iterative-plan-review to harden it first.

Who uses this skill

The Plan Work Items Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 191,000+ 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-work-items
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/plan-work-items/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/plan-work-items/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/plan-work-items/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/plan-work-items/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\plan-work-items\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Plan Work Items Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/plan-work-items/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Plan Work Items skill do?

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 Work Items skill?

Use Plan Work Items when your Claude Code task falls under the General category — specifically in the general 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 Work Items" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/general/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Plan Work Items 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 Work Items is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the General category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/testdouble/han/blob/HEAD/han-planning/skills/plan-work-items/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: testdouble

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

testdouble. (2026). Plan Work Items [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/plan-work-items/

BibTeX

@misc{plan-work-items-2026,
  author    = {testdouble},
  title     = {Plan Work Items [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/plan-work-items/}
}

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Security scan

Grade A · scanned 2026-08-25 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.

The scan flagged 1 of 10 categories (filesystem), including lower-severity patterns. Patterns shown inside code fences are weighted as examples rather than instructions — read the grading methodology for what this does and does not guarantee.

✓ Prompt injection
✓ Data exfiltration
✓ Supply chain
✓ Reverse shell
✓ Credentials
✓ Execution
⚠ Filesystem
✓ Persistence
✓ Obfuscation
✓ Network

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