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project-executor: drop the plan-before-acting instruction - #67
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Current models plan unprompted; telling them to plan first pushes them to over-plan. The role line above already says to break the goal into steps.
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The focused documentation change matches the stated purpose without weakening essential execution safeguards.
Review effort: Balanced
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What changed in this PR
Removes redundant planning guidance from the project-executor agent while preserving verification and progress-reporting requirements.
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- Drops the explicit plan-before-acting instruction.
- Retains milestone verification and course correction.
| File | Description |
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onboarding/agents/project-executor.md |
Simplifies the agent’s execution guidance. |
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Removes "Plan before you act, then execute the plan" from the project-executor agent. Current Claude models plan without being told, and the instruction pushes them toward over-planning; the role description above it already covers breaking the goal into steps and sequencing them. Found in a prompt audit of the agent definitions.