Build an Evidence-Backed Execution Plan
A plan is not a prettier to-do list. It is a dependency graph in which every change has a reason and every terminal node has proof. Convert a task frame into work items with evidence and proof. Model ordering as dependencies instead of prose sequence. Detect missing facts, unknown dependencies, and cycles before editing. Separate steps that can run together from steps that must wait. Weak plans repeat the request in future tense: Update the API. Add tests. Update documentation. Nothing in that list says what was found, why those files are correct, which contract changes first, or what can happen concurrently. An agent can follow every step and still create rework. A strong plan makes five commitments for each work item: When multiple surfaces depend on the same behavior, define the behavior first. Tests, implementation, documentation, and integration can then share one contract instead of inventing four versions. The graph exposes safe concurrency. Implementation and documentation can proceed together after the contract is fixed. Integration waits for both. Repository evidence is not decoration. It should be capable of changing the work: An existing helper removes a planned new abstraction. A compatibility test forces a migration step. A deployment constraint moves a schema change into another task. A public response type changes the order of implementation and documentation. If the…
Build an Evidence-Backed Execution Plan: A plan is not a prettier to-do list. It is a dependency graph in which every change has a reason and every terminal…
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