Phased Implementation

Ensures the AI only implements one phase of a plan at a time and waits for manual approval before moving to the next, preventing silent multi-phase code dumps.

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About this skill

name: phased-implementation description: Use when Ensures the AI only implements one phase of a plan at a time and waits for manual approval before moving to the next, preventing silent multi-phase code dumps.

Phased Implementation

A lightweight companion to Phased Plan. Once a phased plan exists, this skill enforces that the AI implements exactly one phase, stops, and waits for explicit manual review and approval before committing and moving to the next phase. Built after the creator had an AI silently implement phases 1 through 8 unsupervised, resulting in an unreviewable 5,000-line diff.

What you get

Strict one-phase-at-a-time execution, mandatory manual approval gate between phases, prevents runaway multi-phase implementation, small and easy to bolt onto any existing plan.

Customize your output

Adjust whether approval requires explicit "looks good" language or any form of confirmation to proceed to the next phase.

Example output

Phase 3 of 8 implemented and committed only after manual "looks good, proceed" approval — phase 4 never started until phase 3 was explicitly signed off.

Best for

Developers who've been burned by AI silently completing an entire multi-phase plan unsupervised and want a hard stop between each phase.

Source: Yorby Founder · https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFDku45b_EQ Category: Development / Workflow Control · Priority: Standard

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name: phased-implementation
description: Use when Ensures the AI only implements one phase of a plan at a time and waits for manual approval before moving to the next, preventing silent multi-phase code dumps.
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# Phased Implementation

A lightweight companion to Phased Plan. Once a phased plan exists, this skill enforces that the AI implements exactly one phase, stops, and waits for explicit manual review and approval before committing and moving to the next phase. Built after the creator had an AI silently implement phases 1 through 8 unsupervised, resulting in an unreviewable 5,000-line diff.

## What you get

- Strict one-phase-at-a-time execution, mandatory manual approval gate between phases, prevents runaway multi-phase implementation, small and easy to bo...