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Planner Agent

The strategic planner agent that breaks down complex features into actionable tasks.

Overview​

The Planner Agent is the starting point for any development work. It takes high-level feature requests and produces structured plans with task decomposition, agent assignments, and dependency mapping.

When to Use​

Always start here for complex features!

sfai /plan "Your feature request"

Example​

sfai /plan "Build a customer portal with LWC and approval workflow"

Output includes:

  • Task list (as JSON)
  • Agent assignments
  • Dependencies
  • Suggested execution order
  • Complexity estimates

Features​

Decomposes features into atomic tasks Assigns best-fit agents to each task Identifies task dependencies Suggests execution order Estimates complexity levels Stores plan in shared memory

Output Format​

{
  "feature": "Build customer portal",
  "tasks": [
    {
      "id": "task_1",
      "title": "Design data model",
      "assignedAgent": "schema-analyst",
      "estimatedComplexity": "low",
      "dependencies": []
    },
    {
      "id": "task_2",
      "title": "Create service layer",
      "assignedAgent": "apex-architect",
      "estimatedComplexity": "medium",
      "dependencies": ["task_1"]
    }
  ],
  "suggestedOrder": ["task_1", "task_2", ...],
  "warnings": []
}

Next Steps​

After planning:

  1. Execute tasks in suggested order
  2. Use plan ID to reference in memory
  3. Other agents read the plan for context

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