What is the 3-Strike Error Protocol?

It is a systematic approach to debugging where the AI must diagnose, try an alternative, and then rethink the entire approach if an action fails three times, preventing infinite loops.

How does session recovery work?

The skill includes a catchup script that analyzes file changes and planning documents to re-orient Claude after a session clear or restart, ensuring continuity without losing progress.

What is Manus-style planning?

It is a workflow pattern that treats the filesystem as 'disk' and the context window as 'RAM,' ensuring critical state information is never lost by writing everything important to persistent files.

Does this skill create files in my code repository?

Yes, it creates task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md in your project root to maintain local project context and serve as the AI's external memory.

When should I use this skill?

It is best for complex tasks involving more than 5 tool calls, research-heavy projects, or any multi-step development work that requires strict organization.

Planning with Files

Name: Planning with Files
Author: OthmanAdi

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Productivity & Workflow

Orchestrates complex coding and research tasks using persistent markdown files as an external working memory.

About

Planning with Files implements a high-performance workflow inspired by the Manus AI agent, utilizing persistent markdown files to overcome the limitations of volatile context windows. By maintaining a task plan, findings log, and progress report directly on the filesystem, this skill ensures Claude stays oriented during long-running tasks, recovers seamlessly after session clears, and adheres to a rigorous error-handling protocol. It is specifically designed for complex projects requiring deep research, multi-step execution, and reliable decision-making where context retention is critical.

Key Features

Automatic creation and tracking of task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md
Advanced session recovery and context catchup after terminal clears
Automatic hooks that refresh Claude's memory by reading plan files before tool use
Manus-style 'working memory on disk' pattern for long-context stability
11,059 GitHub stars
Strict 3-Strike Error Protocol to prevent repetitive failing actions

Use Cases

Managing large-scale refactoring projects that span multiple files and sessions
Conducting deep research and web scraping where visual data must be preserved as text
Executing complex multi-step development tasks requiring consistent state tracking

About

Key Features

Automatic creation and tracking of task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md
Advanced session recovery and context catchup after terminal clears
Automatic hooks that refresh Claude's memory by reading plan files before tool use
Manus-style 'working memory on disk' pattern for long-context stability
11,059 GitHub stars
Strict 3-Strike Error Protocol to prevent repetitive failing actions

Use Cases

Managing large-scale refactoring projects that span multiple files and sessions
Conducting deep research and web scraping where visual data must be preserved as text
Executing complex multi-step development tasks requiring consistent state tracking