---
name: doc-iplan-autopilot
description: Generate IPLANs end-to-end from a SPEC/TDD, a prompt, or an existing IPLAN - detect input, plan a test-first file manifest, generate, validate, and run the audit/fix cycle. Use to create or batch-create IPLANs.
metadata:
  tags:
    - sdd-workflow
    - layer-8-artifact
    - automation-workflow
  custom_fields:
    layer: 8
    artifact_type: IPLAN
    skill_category: automation-workflow
    upstream_artifacts: [BRD, PRD, EARS, BDD, ADR, SPEC, TDD]
    downstream_artifacts: [CODE]
    version: "0.24.0"
    framework_spec_version: "0.40.0"
    last_updated: "2026-05-23"
    adapts: [section_toggles, active_layers, audit_threshold, glossary, review_mode]
---

# doc-iplan-autopilot

## Purpose

Automated **IPLAN generation pipeline**. From a SPEC/TDD component, a user
prompt, or an existing IPLAN, it analyzes the source, plans a test-first file
manifest, generates a complete IPLAN, validates CODE-readiness, maintains
`IPLAN-00_index.yaml`, and drives the audit↔fix cycle to a passing score — for
one IPLAN or a batch.

**Layer**: 8 (final doc layer; downstream is Code). **Upstream**: SPEC/TDD,
prompt, or existing IPLAN input. **Downstream**: a validated IPLAN + index entry.

This autopilot generates **permanent** IPLANs only (one per SPEC/TDD component).
Temporary bugfix plans are authored manually via `../doc-iplan/SKILL.md` and are
not registered in the index.

## Skill Dependencies

| Skill | Role |
|-------|------|
| `../doc-iplan/SKILL.md` | IPLAN structure and authoring rules (generation) |
| `../doc-iplan-audit/SKILL.md` | quality gate (CODE-Ready scoring + findings) |
| `../doc-iplan-fixer/SKILL.md` | applies fixes from the audit report |
| `../doc-naming/SKILL.md` | document/element-ID standards |

## Input Contract

Accepts: a target IPLAN id/path; a SPEC or TDD id/path; a free-text prompt; or an
existing IPLAN path. Precedence: explicit IPLAN > SPEC/TDD upstream > prompt.
Optional: score threshold (default 90), max fix iterations (default 3), batch
list. With no explicit input, treat the request as a prompt.

## Smart Document Detection

For each target, check whether the IPLAN already exists
(`docs/08_IPLAN/IPLAN-NN_*.yaml`):

- **Missing** → *generate* mode (from the SPEC/TDD component).
- **Exists** → *review & fix* mode (audit, then fix if below threshold).

A SPEC-NN or TDD-NN input maps to its IPLAN-NN; generate if missing, otherwise
review. Determine plan type (permanent vs temporary) from the source — this
autopilot proceeds only for permanent plans.

## Model precheck

Advisory, best-effort. Surfaces the model you recommended for this layer; it
cannot switch the session model. Before invoking the driver:

1. If `.claude/aidoc-flow.config.yaml` is absent, or has no `model.*` keys, skip
   this section entirely (no output).
2. Resolve the recommended model: `model.per_layer.IPLAN` if set, else
   `model.default`.
3. Act on `model.precheck` (`warn` | `silent` | `block`):
   - `warn` (default) — print one line, then continue to the driver:
     `ℹ IPLAN recommends model '<rec>'. If you're not on it, run /model <rec> (or set model.precheck: silent to hide this).`
   - `silent` — print nothing; continue.
   - `block` — print the line above plus `precheck=block: confirm you want to
     draft on the current model, or run /model <rec> first.`, then wait for the
     user to confirm before continuing.

## Workflow

### Saga-driven generation loop (`review_mode: team`)

**Step 1 — Invoke the driver. Period.** The harness sets `PREV_OUTPUT`,
`ARTIFACT_ID`, `ARTIFACT_PATH` env vars before invoking this SKILL.
Your first **orchestration** action MUST be the `Bash` tool (the Model precheck above runs first), running exactly:

```sh
python3 "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/tools/saga_driver.py" \
  --layer 08_IPLAN
```

Use a generous timeout (≥1800s). Do not pre-analyze the input. Do not
read the upstream. Do not classify type/scope. The driver and its
dispatched subprocesses (`/aidoc-flow:doc-iplan` for draft,
`/aidoc-flow:doc-iplan-audit` for review, `/aidoc-flow:doc-iplan-fixer`
for fixer) handle all of that. The driver enforces the state machine
preemptively per
`${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/framework/governance/REVIEW_SAGA.md`; this
SKILL's job is to invoke it and report.

**Step 2 — After the driver returns, report.** Read
`.aidoc/review/08_IPLAN/${ARTIFACT_ID}/saga.json`. Final status MUST be
one of `CLOSED` (PASS), `ESCALATED` (terminal FAIL), or
`PARTIAL_TIMEOUT` (soft-deadline; resumable). Print the status, the
final score from `verdict.json` if present, and a 1-line summary.

**Step 3 — Index update (only on `CLOSED`).** Add a row to
`docs/08_IPLAN/IPLAN-00_index.yaml` referencing the new IPLAN; update the upstream artifact's
downstream entry.

That is the entire workflow in `team` mode. If you find yourself
doing anything else here — drafting prose, dispatching Task subagents,
invoking other slash commands — STOP, recognize that you are
bypassing the driver, and invoke the Bash command above instead.

### Linear Pipeline (`review_mode: single_pass`)

Unchanged legacy behaviour — used when the profile says so, when `Task`
subagent dispatch is unavailable, or at write-time (`on_author`) where
cost is the primary concern. The 5-step in-session pattern below
produces the IPLAN without saga.json; the harness's saga-journal
check will then fail the layer, so this mode is only appropriate for
manual dry-runs.

1. **Input analysis** — classify the input (SPEC/TDD / prompt / existing IPLAN),
   locate the upstream component, and decide generate vs review-and-fix.
2. **Manifest planning** — verify the source TDD/SPEC is IPLAN-Ready ≥ threshold;
   plan the test-first file order and identify file dependencies; reserve the
   next `IPLAN-NN`.
3. **Generation** — produce the IPLAN per `../doc-iplan/SKILL.md`: Document
   Control first, all 6 sections, test-first file manifest, execution commands,
   implementation contracts when 3+ files share interfaces, seeded session
   handoff, cumulative tags (`@brd @prd @ears @bdd @adr @spec @tdd`), and an
   empty `code_inventory`. Diagrams via `../charts-flow/SKILL.md`.
4. **Validation** — run `../doc-iplan-audit/SKILL.md` from scratch.
5. **Audit ↔ fix cycle** — while score < threshold and iterations < max: run
   `../doc-iplan-fixer/SKILL.md`, then re-audit. On pass, update
   `docs/08_IPLAN/IPLAN-00_index.yaml`; on exhausting iterations, flag for manual
   review.

## Execution Modes

- **Single** — one IPLAN (generate or review-and-fix).
- **Batch** — multiple IPLANs, processed in **chunks of 3** to bound context;
  generate plans for upstream components before dependent ones.
- **Dry-run** — report the planned actions (type, file manifest, IDs) without
  writing files.

## Quality Gates

- Generation does not complete until the audit passes (CODE-Ready ≥ threshold, 0
  Tier-1 errors) or the iteration cap is hit (then: manual-review flag).
- The IPLAN index is updated only after a plan passes.
- Fresh audit every cycle — no cached scores.

## Error Handling

| Situation | Action |
|-----------|--------|
| Source SPEC/TDD below IPLAN-Ready threshold | stop; report the upstream gap (fix upstream first) |
| Max iterations reached below threshold | write reports, flag for manual review, continue batch |
| Source input ambiguous | fall back to prompt mode; record assumptions in the IPLAN |
| Write/permission error | log, skip the item, continue the batch |

## Adaptation

Before applying defaults, read the project adaptation profile
(`.aidoc/profile.yaml`) and apply it in both the generation and the internal
audit/fix phases. Honor `section_toggles`, `active_layers`, `audit_threshold`
(raise-only — stricter only), and `glossary`. Ignore any unknown or
out-of-surface key; absent a profile, use framework defaults.
Authority: `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/framework/governance/ADAPTATION.md`.

## Related Resources

- Create: `../doc-iplan/SKILL.md` · Audit: `../doc-iplan-audit/SKILL.md` · Fix:
  `../doc-iplan-fixer/SKILL.md`
- Authority: `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/framework/layers/08_IPLAN/IPLAN-TEMPLATE.yaml`,
  `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/framework/layers/08_IPLAN/README.md`,
  `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/framework/layers/08_IPLAN/IPLAN-00_index.TEMPLATE.yaml`