reviewing-planslisted

# Reviewing Plans ## Overview This skill is the approval gate between plan authorship and plan execution. The central question it answers: "Can someone who doesn't know what the author was thinking execute this plan without ambiguity?" If the answer is anything other than an unqualified yes, the plan goes back to the author. There is no middle ground. This skill also applies to self-review. Before you execute your own complex plan, run it through the full checklist — review it as if a stranger will execute it, because future-you (executing it next week without today's full context) is that stranger. The review is deliberately not about whether the plan is a good idea. That question was settled during brainstorming and design. This review is strictly about executability: Is every section present? Is every criterion testable? Is every file path real? Can the executor finish the work without coming back to ask questions? That is the only bar. If you find yourself evaluating the technical approach rather than the plan's clarity, you have shifted into the wrong mode — refocus on executability. ## Process ### When to Use **Always required:** - Plan author and executor are different people. No exceptions. Run this before assigning the executor. - Plan has been significantly revised after a previous rejection. Re-review from scratch — do not assume the fixes are correct. **Strongly recommended:** - Self-review of complex plans before solo execution (5+ tasks, external depende