A systematic approach to managing complex, multi-step tasks by creating three persistent markdown files: task_plan.md for stages and progress tracking, findings.md for research discoveries, and progress.md for session logs. Uses hooks to automatically restore context after /clear commands and reminds you to update progress after each tool use. The "three-failure protocol" prevents repeated attempts at the same broken approach. Most valuable for research tasks, multi-file projects, or anything requiring more than five tool calls where you'd otherwise lose track of what you've tried and what worked. Includes session recovery scripts to pick up where you left off.
npx skills add https://github.com/othmanadi/planning-with-files --skill planning-with-files-zh