Manus-style persistent file-based planning for AI coding agents: keeps task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md on disk so work survives context loss and /clear. Use when asked to plan out, break down, or organize a multi-step project, research task, or any work requiring 5+ tool calls. Supports automatic session recovery after /clear.
Planning With Files
Planning With Files is an open-source workflow skill for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, GitHub Copilot, and opencode, published by OthmanAdi. Its author describes it as: “Persistent file-based planning for AI coding agents and long-running tasks. Crash-proof markdown plans, session recovery after /clear and compaction, per-turn re-injection against context rot, deterministic completion…”. The project has 26k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `/plugin marketplace add OthmanAdi/planning-with-files`.
Installation
Add Planning With Files to your agent with:
/plugin marketplace add OthmanAdi/planning-with-filesAlways review a skill's source before installing it. This command comes from the skill's public repository; the linked repo is the source of truth for exact setup steps.
When to use it
Reach for Planning With Files when you want workflow help from Claude Code without writing the same instructions every session. Load the skill and the agent picks it up automatically for relevant tasks.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt
- Ships in OthmanAdi/planning-with-files, an established project with 25,850 GitHub stars
- Declares compatibility with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, GitHub Copilot, opencode
- Actively maintained (recent commits)
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does Planning With Files do?
- Persistent file-based planning for AI coding agents and long-running tasks. Crash-proof markdown plans, session recovery after /clear and compaction, per-turn re-injection against context rot, deterministic completion gate. Manus-style. Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Kiro, OpenCode and 60+ agents via the Agent Skills standard.
- How do I install Planning With Files?
- Run /plugin marketplace add OthmanAdi/planning-with-files in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/OthmanAdi/planning-with-files before installing.
- Is Planning With Files free to use?
- Yes. Planning With Files is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does Planning With Files work with?
- Planning With Files declares compatibility with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, GitHub Copilot, and opencode. Agent Skills use a portable SKILL.md format, so other compatible clients can usually load it too.
- Where does Planning With Files come from?
- Planning With Files ships inside OthmanAdi/planning-with-files, a repository that contains 8 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 25,850 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.
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