Archive a completed or abandoned plan for future reference
Scanned 8/31/2026
Install to Claude Code
npx -y skills add serbanghita/plan-critique-skills --skill plan-archive --agent claude-codeInstalls into .claude/skills of the current project.
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---
name: plan-archive
allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Glob, AskUserQuestion, Bash(mkdir:*), Bash(cp:*), Bash(mv:*), Bash(rm:*), Bash(echo $PPID), Bash(kill -0:*), Bash(ls:*)
description: Archive a completed or abandoned plan for future reference
disable-model-invocation: true
---
You are archiving the user's completed (or abandoned) plan for future reference.
To do this, follow these steps precisely:
1. Read `.gemini/plan-critique-config.json` and get `plansFolder` path from settings.
If that file does not exist, read `.claude/plan-critique-config.json` instead.
If neither file exists or `plansFolder` is not set:
Respond with "No plans folder configured. Run `/plan-create` first to set up."
2. Get the session process ID by running: `echo $PPID`. Store this as `sessionPID`.
3. Clean up stale sessions: Scan `[plansFolder]/.sessions/` for files. For each file named with a PID, check if that
process is still running via `kill -0 [PID] 2>/dev/null`. If the command fails (process not running), delete that
session file. This is non-blocking cleanup.
4. Read the current session's plan from `[plansFolder]/.sessions/[sessionPID]` if it exists. Store as `sessionPlan`.
5. Scan `[plansFolder]/` for subdirectories (each subdirectory is a plan).
Exclude `archived/` and `.sessions/` folders and any files, only list plan directories.
If no plan folders exist: Respond with "No plans found. Nothing to archive."
6. Select the plan to archive:
- If `sessionPlan` exists and matches a plan folder, auto-select it. Inform the user:
"Using current session plan: [sessionPlan]"
- Else if only one plan exists, auto-select it and inform user.
- Otherwise, ask the user to select a plan from the list.
Example:
```
Available plans:
1. add-user-authentication
2. refactor-database-layer
3. implement-caching
Which plan would you like to archive? [1-3]
```
7. Check prerequisites. If `[plansFolder]/[selected-plan]/plan.md` does not exist or is empty:
Respond with "Nothing to archive. Plan file is missing or empty."
8. Ensure `[plansFolder]/archived/` exists, create it if not.
9. Extract metadata:
- Read `plan.md` to get the plan title (first H1 heading). If no title, use folder name.
- Read `critique.md` to get keywords (if available)
- Read `execution-log.md` to get execution status (if available)
10. Generate archive folder name using format: `YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS_[slug]/`
Example: `2026-01-12_14-30-00_add-user-authentication/`
11. Create the archive folder at `[plansFolder]/archived/[folder-name]/`
12. Copy contents from `[plansFolder]/[selected-plan]/` to the archive:
- Include: `plan.md`, `execution-log.md` (if exists), all other files (SQL, images, etc.)
- Exclude: `critique.md`, `execution-state.json`
13. Create `archive-info.md` in the archive folder using the format in
[archive-info-format.md](archive-info-format.md).
14. Delete the original plan folder `[plansFolder]/[selected-plan]/` entirely.
15. Clean up session references to the archived plan:
- Delete `[plansFolder]/.sessions/[sessionPID]` if it contains the archived plan slug.
- Scan all other session files and delete any that reference the archived plan (handles stale references).
16. Respond with confirmation:
```
Plan archived to: [plansFolder]/archived/[folder-name]/
The original plan folder has been removed.
Create a new plan with `/plan:create`.
```
Notes:
- Never include critique.md in the archive (only keywords are preserved in archive-info.md)
- Always include the full original plan and all supporting files
- Include execution log only if the plan was executed
- Use current timestamp for the archive folder name
- Preserve the original file structure within the archived folder
- Always delete the original plan folder after archiving
- It is valid to archive a plan that was never executed (abandoned, reference, or superseded plans).
In this case, the execution status will be `NOT_EXECUTED`.
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