This skill provides decision frameworks for choosing the optimal execution path before starting work: plan-vs-act gates, agent architecture selection (chaining, routing, parallelization, orchestrator-worker, evaluator-optimizer), scope management heuristics, critical-path analysis across task networks, and context budget awareness. Use when deciding how to approach a task (plan first vs act immediately), decomposing complex work into parallelizable subtasks, choosing between subagent patterns, or when a task has failed twice and needs a fresh approach. Do NOT use for executing the chosen plan (use task-execution), debugging failures (use troubleshooting or diagnosis), or tool-level efficiency (use tool-call-strategy).
Install with
Claude CodeCodexCursorGitHub CopilotGemini CLI
Supported by the Atlas install prompt. Skill-specific requirements vary.
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About this skill
This skill provides decision frameworks for choosing the optimal execution path before starting work: plan-vs-act gates, agent architecture selection (chaining, routing, parallelization, orchestrator-worker, evaluator-optimizer), scope management heuristics, critical-path analysis across task networks, and context budget awareness. Use when deciding how to approach a task (plan first vs act immediately), decomposing complex work into parallelizable subtasks, choosing between subagent patterns, or when a task has failed twice and needs a fresh approach. Do NOT use for executing the chosen plan (use task-execution), debugging failures (use troubleshooting or diagnosis), or tool-level efficiency (use tool-call-strategy).
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This skill provides decision frameworks for choosing the optimal execution path before starting work: plan-vs-act gates, agent architecture selection (chaining, routing, parallelization, orchestrator-worker, evaluator-optimizer), scope management heuristics, critical-path analysis across task networks, and context budget awareness. Use when deciding how to approach a task (plan first vs act immediately), decomposing complex work into parallelizable subtasks, choosing between subagent patterns, or when a task has failed twice and needs a fresh approach. Do NOT use for executing the chosen plan (use task-execution), debugging failures (use troubleshooting or diagnosis), or tool-level efficiency (use tool-call-strategy).
About this listing
Category
Engineering
Reported license
CC-BY-4.0
Listing language (estimated)
English
Review status
Not individually reviewed
Agent compatibility
Atlas installation supports Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Skill-specific dependencies and features are checked during setup.
Claude Code
Codex
Cursor
GitHub Copilot
Gemini CLI