Todo Write Skill for Claude
TodoWrite-driven plan that the agent commits to before generation.
Install
one command, takes just this skill from the repositorynpx skills add https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design --skill todo-writeWhat comes with it
787 bytes besides the instructionWhat it tells the agent to use
found in the instruction textThe instruction itself
1 sections, as written by the authorTodo write
Before writing any artifact files, the agent commits to a numbered plan
via the TodoWrite tool. The plan is the audit trail; subsequent turns
either tick items off or rewrite the plan. The atom's prompt fragment
teaches the agent to:
- Keep todos atomic (one verb per todo).
- Reorder freely as the picture sharpens.
- Mark a todo complete only after the matching artifact lands.
- Surface blockers as todos — never silently skip.
The Open Design daemon does not enforce a particular tool name; the
agent is free to use TodoWrite (Claude Code) or an in-prompt list.
The atom's job is to keep "make a plan first" in the system prompt so
non-trivial workflows don't skip the planning step.
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How to use it
Take nexu-io/todo-write from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal
use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.
The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the
same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.