05 · Skills and agents
agent
Agents

plan-validator

agent

Check a plan against the real code before it's built (used inside f-plancheck).

Called by
f-plancheck
On site

Not used on its own: f-plancheck gives its checklist to every reader.

When

You don't call it yourself: f-plancheck uses it for every reader.

It's working if
  • The read covers the six checks: files, patterns, dependencies, APIs, scope and risk.
  • Each finding names what the codebase actually has, found by reading or searching it, not by guessing.
  • Known false alarms (path aliases, Windows letter case, a slug against its readable form, re-export files) come back as advisories with a step to verify, not as failures.
  • The plan file is unchanged: the checks only read the plan and the code.
  • No git state moved: the contract allows read-only git and forbids every command that writes.
Common questions
Do I call it directly?
Not in Topping Out. /f-plancheck copies its check contract into one frozen assignment and gives it to every cold seat, each a reviewer from another model family. Reach for the agent on its own only when independence across model families does not matter.
Why doesn't /f-plancheck show a score?
Run on its own, the agent scores the plan out of 100 and recommends Proceed, Revise or Reject, with a veto on any unresolved critical. In Topping Out the seats are asked for findings only, so the score and the veto are not used.
Does it change the plan or the code?
No. It is told not to implement anything, and its tools are read and search, plus a shell it may use only for read-only git. Applying findings is the plan author's separate act.
What if it can't confirm a problem?
Then it is not a failed item. A problem it cannot verify by reading the code goes to advisories, with the step that would settle it, and deducts nothing.
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