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Design-thinking + survey + worklist-scoping skill for the MAP2 Audio Platform. Use when the user asks to scope an epic, run an N-question AskUserQuestion survey, lock a non-trivial design decision, audit the worklist for drift, rescue dead modules, lift design-doc actions into worklist tasks, or draft a design document — i.e. PLAN before any code lands (CLAUDE.md Plan-First Meta Rule). Defers to map2-worklist-management for the canonical task schema. Sister skills: ship (drains the queue), audit (integrity sweep), build-installer-rpm (the RPM cut).

matthewmackes By matthewmackes schedule Updated 6/4/2026

name: plan description: >- Design-thinking + survey + worklist-scoping skill for the MAP2 Audio Platform. Use when the user asks to scope an epic, run an N-question AskUserQuestion survey, lock a non-trivial design decision, audit the worklist for drift, rescue dead modules, lift design-doc actions into worklist tasks, or draft a design document — i.e. PLAN before any code lands (CLAUDE.md Plan-First Meta Rule). Defers to map2-worklist-management for the canonical task schema. Sister skills: ship (drains the queue), audit (integrity sweep), build-installer-rpm (the RPM cut).

plan — design + worklist scoping (MAP2)

The design + worklist-scoping skill. Everything before code lands runs through plan (CLAUDE.md ## Plan-First Meta Rule). Surveys design forks via AskUserQuestion, lifts design-doc actions into docs/PROJECT_WORKLIST.md tasks, audits the worklist for drift, drafts design documents under docs/design/.

Triggers

  • "Design [X]" / "Survey [X]" / "Lock [X]"
  • "Audit the worklist" / "Rescue the worklist" / "Find dead modules"
  • "Lift the design doc actions into the worklist"
  • "Run an N-Q survey on [X]" / "Fire 25 questions about [X]"
  • "Plan the next [epic]"

Method

Clarify first (CLAUDE.md 5-Question Clarification Protocol)

For an underspecified ask, run the 5-Question Clarification Protocol before designing. For a non-trivial decision with ≥3 plausible options, fire an AskUserQuestion survey one logical group at a time (MAP2 epics have used 25- and 50-question lock protocols — batch into rounds, recap the locks after each round before proceeding).

After the survey:

  1. Write docs/design/<epic>.md capturing every lock in a table + the resulting architecture + acceptance criteria + risks + out-of-scope items.
  2. Lift every actionable item into docs/PROJECT_WORKLIST.md as new T<n> task blocks (schema below), each with runtime-observable acceptance bullets per the no-stubs rule (CLAUDE.md ### "Done" Means Clean Build).
  3. Note platform-wide direction in docs/CLAUDE.md / docs/AGENTS.md only if the survey locks something cross-cutting (not just per-epic).
  4. Commit + dual-push per CLAUDE.md ## Git: git push origin master && git push gitlab master.

Worklist rescue pass

Before any large /ship effort, scan for:

  • Dead modules — a .tsx component with no importer (verify grep -rn 'import.*<Component>' web/src/), an APIRouter never include_router'd in app/main.py, an app/services/ module no one imports.
  • Misleading [✓] marks — tasks marked Done where the runtime-reachability gate doesn't hold: no registered route, no rendered path, no event-bus/WS subscriber actually invoking the code.
  • Mockup-only features — UI that renders but whose state never updates; demo_data/placeholder constants or "Coming Soon" strings standing in for real behavior.
  • Deferred markers — "lands in a follow-up", "wired in Phase N", "stub for now", NotImplementedError, TODO/FIXME.
  • Placement drift — items parked under the wrong ## In Progress / ## Todo header relative to their Status: line.
  • Design-doc actions never lifted — items in docs/design/*.md with no matching worklist task.

Each finding becomes a new worklist task BEFORE new code lands. CLAUDE.md ### "Done" Means Clean Build is the upstream prevention; the rescue pass is the downstream catch. For a written report, hand off to /audit.

Authority (newest wins on contradiction)

  1. Memory (/home/mm/.claude/projects/-home-mm-Desktop-MAP2/memory/*.md) — operator live preferences, highest.
  2. docs/CLAUDE.md — the operational rulebook.
  3. docs/AGENTS.md + governance / platform-identity docs.
  4. docs/design/*.md — per-epic locks.
  5. docs/PROJECT_WORKLIST.md body — actionable state.

Worklist schema (canonical: map2-worklist-management)

Each task is an ID: block, not a bare checkbox:

ID: T<n>            (or T<n>-<sub>, e.g. T2522-A)
Status: [ ] Todo    (one of the legend below)
Title: one-line outcome
Description:
- Goal / acceptance criteria (each runtime-observable)
- Why it matters (brief context)
- Dependencies (task IDs or None)
- Estimated effort (Low / Medium / High or a range)
- Required outputs / deliverables
Last updated: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM - actor

Status legend: [ ] Todo, [>] In Progress, [✓] Done, [✗] Blocked, [~] Cancelled. Keep one canonical list (docs/PROJECT_WORKLIST.md) — no side trackers. Move a task to [>] before substantive edits; after completion update status, add a completion note (commit hash + verification), and propose the next 1–3 tasks.

Companion skills

  • ship — when planning is done, switch to ship to drain the queue.
  • audit — integrity sweep (dead/unreachable code, stubs, convention violations) with FINISH-or-REMOVE verdicts + a written report.
  • build-installer-rpm — the RPM cut; never auto-trigger it from a ship run.
  • map2-worklist-management — the canonical worklist schema + operating contract this skill defers to.
  • /restart, /run, /verify, /restart-web — render / live-stack verification.
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npx skills add https://github.com/matthewmackes/map2-audio --skill plan
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