Plan-then-execute coding with stacked review passes
A developer plans features into markdown files, has the agent execute them, and runs several review skills on every diff before the PR.
- Agent or tool
- Claude Code
- Topic
- Software Development
- Reported on
- Blog
- Added
- 2026-10-15
Why it matters
Coding agents are moving from autocomplete to doing whole tasks: reading a codebase, making a plan and changing many files. This case is a concrete example of where that works in practice. It is one of 106 sightings filed under Software Development on Agent Sightings (number 49 by interest), and one of 164 involving Claude Code.
How you could try it
Here is a reusable prompt, written by us in our own words, that captures the task. Paste it into Claude Code or any similar agent and adjust the details to your situation.
Write an implementation plan for this feature to docs/plans/: scope, approach, files touched, risks. Don't write code yet.
Tip: Work on a fresh branch, ask for a plan before edits, and review the diff and test results before merging.
Source
Read the original first-hand account on Blog: https://www.josecasanova.com/blog/how-i-use-ai-coding-agents-daily-workflow. Our summary is a paraphrase; details are in the source.