ak plan

ak plan

Manage AgentKit plan directories

Synopsis

What it does: Parse, validate, inspect, and mutate AgentKit plan directories (plan.md + phase-NN-*.md files). Supports both interactive TUI and scripted --json output modes.

Who it's for: Both: power devs (--json --no-interactive) and non-tech users (defaults).

When to use it: Planning, tracking progress, or automating plan operations in CI.

Examples: ak plan parse ./plans/my-plan # display structured plan view ak plan validate ./plans/my-plan # check format; exit 0 or 1 ak plan status ./plans/my-plan # progress summary ak plan kanban ./plans/my-plan # TUI kanban board ak plan create "My Feature" # scaffold new plan ak plan check ./plans/my-plan/phase-01-setup.md # mark phase done ak plan uncheck ./plans/my-plan/phase-01.md # mark phase todo ak plan add-phase ./plans/my-plan "Deploy" # append new phase

What changes on disk: create, check, uncheck, add-phase write to plan files. parse, validate, status, kanban are read-only.

Output modes: pretty default on TTY (colors, ASCII markers) plain auto when stdout piped or --no-interactive json --json (single-object envelope, NDJSON-safe)

Exit codes: 0 success 1 runtime error 2 invalid flags 3 user-cancel (SIGINT, prompt-cancel) 1 plan directory or phase file not found / I/O error 2 invalid flags or arguments 3 plan validation failed (validate subcommand)

Options

  -h, --help             help for plan
      --json             Emit machine-readable JSON (implies --no-interactive)
      --no-interactive   Disable interactive prompts (CI-safe)
  -q, --quiet            Suppress non-error output on stderr
  -V, --verbose          Extra diagnostic output on stderr (loses to --quiet)
  -y, --yes              Assume yes for all prompts

SEE ALSO

• ak - AgentKit CLI
• ak plan add-phase - Append a new phase-NN-<slug>.md to an existing plan
• ak plan check - Mark all checkboxes in a phase file as done
• ak plan create - Bootstrap a new plan directory from template
• ak plan kanban - Display a kanban board of plan phases
• ak plan parse - Parse and display a structured plan view
• ak plan status - Print plan progress summary
• ak plan uncheck - Mark all checkboxes in a phase file as todo
• ak plan validate - Check plan directory format; exits 0 (valid) or 3 (invalid)