start_planning
Initiate software development planning by defining a goal to generate structured tasks with complexity scoring and implementation guidance.
Instructions
Start a new planning session with a goal
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| goal | Yes | The software development goal to plan |
Implementation Reference
- src/index.ts:214-227 (handler)Handler for the 'start_planning' tool: parses the goal argument, creates a new goal and plan using storage, sets it as current goal, and returns the sequential thinking prompt.
case 'start_planning': { const { goal } = request.params.arguments as { goal: string }; this.currentGoal = await storage.createGoal(goal); await storage.createPlan(this.currentGoal.id); return { content: [ { type: 'text', text: SEQUENTIAL_THINKING_PROMPT, }, ], }; } - src/index.ts:113-126 (registration)Registration of the 'start_planning' tool in the ListTools response, defining name, description, and input schema.
{ name: 'start_planning', description: 'Start a new planning session with a goal', inputSchema: { type: 'object', properties: { goal: { type: 'string', description: 'The software development goal to plan', }, }, required: ['goal'], }, }, - src/index.ts:116-125 (schema)Input schema definition for the 'start_planning' tool, specifying the required 'goal' string parameter.
inputSchema: { type: 'object', properties: { goal: { type: 'string', description: 'The software development goal to plan', }, }, required: ['goal'], },