Use this phase skill when planning needs to preserve how evidence will be extracted, replayed, and reviewed after the target and scope are already normalized.
The canonical contract is ./planning-brief.md. That
brief carries evidence and replay constraints into speckit, then acts as the
checklist for reviewing generated planning artifacts.
Phase Focus
This phase covers:
- evidence sources and extraction expectations
- replayable command or manifest requirements
- artifact capture and review surfaces
- validation expectations for generated planning artifacts
Non-Negotiable Constraints
- Headless-only workflow. Evidence collection must not depend on GUI-only activity.
- Evidence-backed claims. Reverse-engineering conclusions must trace to observable exports, manifests, or recorded outputs.
- Reproducible workflow expectations. Replay commands, inputs, and outputs must be explicit enough to regenerate.
- Reviewable Markdown outputs. The planning and audit surfaces remain readable as Markdown.
- No downstream
speckitextension or constitution change is required.
Required Inputs
- existing intake summary or normalized target context
- expected evidence sources and artifact types
- replay expectations, including command, manifest, or export surfaces
- validation gates a reviewer must confirm after planning
- optional local overlays that only tighten the contract
How To Use This Skill
- Fill in
./planning-brief.mdwith the evidence and replay expectations for the target. - Pass that brief into
speckitas a file or inline paste. - Review the generated planning artifacts against the same evidence checklist before treating them as ready for implementation.
- If a generated artifact weakens replay or evidence requirements, refine or regenerate the planning artifacts rather than weakening this phase contract.
Example
- Evidence handoff example:
./examples/evidence-speckit-handoff.md
Next Step Routing
- Use this phase after intake is stable and before script-specific planning.
- Return to intake if the real gap is still target identity, initial scope, or setup normalization rather than evidence design.
- Move to script authoring and review when the plan introduces reusable Ghidra scripts, registration work, or checklist-based script review.