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name: turboplan
description: "Analyze task complexity and route to a mode by artifact: direct fix for clear-scope changes, plan file when the approach needs to be written down, or spec and shells for multi-session projects. Use when the user asks to \"turboplan\", \"run turboplan\", \"plan this task\", \"turbo plan mode\", \"plan and implement\", or \"use turboplan instead of plan mode\"."
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# Turboplan
Analyze task complexity to recommend an execution mode, then let the user set the final route.
Categorize the user-supplied task along these dimensions using subjective judgment. This analysis makes the recommendation informed:
- **Scope**: single feature / single subsystem vs multi-feature / multi-subsystem
- **Stakes**: one-off change vs long-lived project with architectural implications
- **Unknowns**: clear approach vs needs exploration and product decisions
Modes are named by what they produce: no plan, a plan file, or a spec plus shells.
| Mode | Criteria | Route |
|---|---|---|
| **Direct** | Clear scope and a known approach, ready to implement. Goes straight to `/implement`. | Read [references/direct-mode.md](references/direct-mode.md) and follow its steps. |
| **Plan** | The approach warrants writing down before implementing — to survey patterns, align with the user, or survive a fresh session. Fits a single implementation session and touches one or two related subsystems. Produces a plan file. | Read [references/plan-mode.md](references/plan-mode.md) and follow its steps. |
| **Spec** | Spans multiple subsystems, requires multiple implementation sessions, or has architectural decisions that need a spec-level discussion before planning begins. Produces a spec plus shells. | Read [references/spec-mode.md](references/spec-mode.md) and follow its steps. |
## Recommend and Confirm the Route
Form a recommended route from the dimensions and criteria above. Output the recommendation as text: the recommended mode and a line or two on why it fits over its neighbors.
Then use `AskUserQuestion` to have the user set the final route. Offer the recommended mode first, marked "(Recommended)", alongside the other two modes; the auto-appended "Other" lets the user describe a different path.
Carry the confirmed route into its reference file from the table above and follow its steps.
## Rules
- Diff size, perceived task simplicity, and context window concerns are not reasons to skip the chosen mode's phases.