Planton

Planton Skills

Turn any goal into a clear, actionable workflow — right from your coding agent.

Planton Skills gives AI coding agents a set of specialized skills for turning goals, ideas, documents, and decisions into structured Planton workflows.

Describe what you want to accomplish, answer a few quick questions, and get a workflow you can open in the Planton app on your phone.

Works with Claude Code and other compatible coding agents.

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✨ What Can Planton Skills Do?

Planton Skills helps your agent turn different kinds of work into structured workflows:

• 🧩 Software projects → Break projects into actionable tasks
• 📋 Step-by-step guides → Create precise procedures and instructions
• 🗓️ Schedules & routines → Build routines with real dates and times
• 🔀 Flowcharts → Visualize decisions and processes
• 📄 Existing documents → Convert roadmaps, tickets, and specs into plans
• 💡 Ideas & goals → Organize goals that can be completed in any order
• 🎯 Recommendations → Compare options and record the final decision
• 🔌 Phone connection → Send workflows directly to the Planton app

The goal is simple:

Take something you want to accomplish → turn it into a workflow → work through it step by step.

🛠️ Available Skills

Skill	What it does
planton	Plan a software project while recording important decisions
planton-gen	Turn everyday goals into structured workflows
planton-steps	Create precise step-by-step procedures for recipes, setups, repairs, and more
planton-schedule	Create routines and programs with real dates and times
planton-free-form	Organize ideas, lists, and goals that can be completed in any order
planton-from-docs	Turn existing roadmaps, tickets, or specifications into a plan
planton-next	Find the next task to work on while keeping progress up to date
planton-reco	Compare options, recommend an approach, and record the decision
planton-fix	Clean up a workflow's flowchart so it reads well on a phone
planton-connect	Pair your phone so workflows can arrive in the Planton app

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🚀 How It Works

The workflow is designed to be simple:

Your Goal
   ↓
AI Agent
   ↓
Planton Skill
   ↓
Structured Workflow
   ↓
Planton App
   ↓
Work Through It

For example, instead of asking an agent:

"Help me build a SaaS application."

You can use the Planton skill to turn that goal into a structured project plan with tasks, decisions, dependencies, and progress.

The resulting workflow can then be opened on your phone through Planton.

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🤖 Built for AI Coding Agents

Planton Skills is designed to work alongside AI coding agents rather than replacing them.

Your agent can:

1. Understand your goal
2. Ask clarifying questions
3. Break the goal into manageable pieces
4. Record important decisions
5. Build the workflow
6. Keep track of progress
7. Send the workflow to Planton

This makes Planton useful for both software development and everyday planning.

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📦 Installation

You need Node.js 22.6 or later: the skills use it to check plans and to send them to your phone.

Claude Code (recommended)

Inside Claude Code, run:

/plugin marketplace add RichardPharads/planton-skills
/plugin install planton@planton-skills

The skills are then run as /planton:planton-gen, /planton:planton-connect and so on, or simply by asking ("make me a workflow for…"), since Claude picks the right skill on its own.

Get updates automatically: open /plugin, go to Marketplaces, pick planton-skills and turn on auto-update. Otherwise run /plugin marketplace update planton-skills now and then.

Other coding agents (Cursor, Codex, OpenCode and more)

With the open skills installer:

npx skills add RichardPharads/planton-skills -g

Update with npx skills update. Installed this way, the skills keep their plain names (/planton-gen).

Where plans are saved

Project plans go in a planton/ folder in your project. To keep everyday plans (recipes, routines, trips) in one place, create ~/.claude/planton/config.json:

{ "plansDir": "/path/to/your/Documents/Planton" }

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📱 Planton + Your Phone

With planton-connect, you can pair your phone with your agent.

Once connected, workflows created by your agent can be made available in the Planton app.

This creates a simple loop:

Plan on your computer
        ↓
Send to Planton
        ↓
Open on your phone
        ↓
Follow the workflow
        ↓
Update progress

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🧠 Example Use Cases

Software Development

"Build a dental clinic management system."

Planton can help turn the idea into:

Project
├── Authentication
├── Patient Management
├── Appointments
├── Clinical Records
├── Billing
└── Dashboard

Each part can then be broken down into smaller actionable tasks.

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Learning

"I want to learn React."

Turn it into a structured learning workflow with topics, exercises, and progression.

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Everyday Goals

"Help me prepare for a 5-day trip."

Create a workflow covering:

• Planning
• Packing
• Transportation
• Accommodation
• Daily activities
• Important documents

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Procedures

"Show me how to set up my new Raspberry Pi."

Generate a precise sequence of steps that can be followed one by one.

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Decisions

"Should I use PostgreSQL or MySQL for this project?"

planton-reco can compare the options, help determine the best choice, and record the decision as part of the workflow.

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🧩 Skill Overview

Skill	Best for
planton	Software projects
planton-gen	General goals
planton-steps	Procedures
planton-schedule	Routines & schedules
planton-free-form	Flexible goals & ideas
planton-from-docs	Existing documentation
planton-next	Progress & next actions
planton-reco	Decisions & comparisons
planton-fix	Workflow cleanup
planton-connect	Phone connection

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🎯 Why Planton?

Large goals are often difficult because the next step isn't obvious.

Planton focuses on turning:

Big goals → smaller tasks → clear actions → completed work

Instead of keeping a plan buried inside a conversation, Planton turns it into something you can see, follow, and update.

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📄 License

The skills are under the MIT License (see LICENSE), except two folders that are built from the Planton app's own code: skills/planton/validator/ and skills/planton/bridge/. Each has its own LICENSE.md: you may install and run them with the Planton skills, but not reuse them elsewhere. The libraries the bridge ships keep their own licences (THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md).