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name: writing-plans-best-practices
description: 'Sub-skill of writing-plans: Best Practices.'
version: 1.0.0
category: development
type: reference
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---
# Best Practices
## Best Practices
### Do
1. Start with the goal, not the tasks
2. Order tasks by dependency
3. Include rollback strategies for risky changes
4. Reference existing patterns in codebase
5. Use consistent naming conventions
6. Group related tasks logically
### Don't
1. Write vague task descriptions
2. Skip the test-first steps
3. Combine unrelated changes
4. Assume prior knowledge
5. Leave out error scenarios
6. Make tasks too big or too small
