Plan or Ship

Stop Overthinking. Start Moving.

The biggest productivity killers for developers are rabbit-holing on under-scoped tasks or over-planning trivial ones. This skill acts as a high-speed logic gate for your workflow, providing an instant binary verdict on whether you should dive into the code or step back to design.

What it does

By analyzing your task description, level of risk, and potential technical debt, the skill delivers a hard decision in exactly three lines:

• VERDICT: A clear PLAN FIRST or SHIP NOW call.
• WHY: A one-sentence technical justification focused on risk and reversibility.
• NEXT: A literal, physical action to take immediately (e.g., "Open schema.sql" or "Sketch the data flow").

Why use this skill

While generic AI might give you pros and cons, this skill is programmed with strict heuristic rules. It considers file depth, DB schema impact, and your own history with the task to prevent "analysis paralysis." It doesn't use "it depends"—it makes the call so you don't have to waste mental cycles on the decision itself.

Integration

Perfect for CLI-bound agents like Claude Code, Cursor, or any developer-focused LLM wrapper where you need quick, decisive guidance before touching your keyboard.