feat: make skills more opinionated and autonomous

[aarongraham]

• brainstorming: auto-proceed to implementation setup without asking
• executing-plans: execute entire plan without batch checkpoints
• systematic-debugging: require TDD and verification sub-skills, auto-escalate to refactoring after 3+ failed fixes
• using-git-worktrees: default to .worktrees/ without asking
• using-superpowers: require writing-plans for explicit superpowers requests
• writing-plans: auto-select subagent-driven execution

Motivation and Context

How Has This Been Tested?

Breaking Changes

Types of changes

• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to change)
• Documentation update

Checklist

• I have read the MCP Documentation
• My code follows the repository's style guidelines
• New and existing tests pass locally
• I have added appropriate error handling
• I have added or updated documentation as needed

Additional context

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation Updates
  • Plan implementation now proceeds directly without conditional checks
  • Task execution changed to process all tasks continuously without pauses between tasks
  • Debugging now automatically escalates to architectural refactoring after multiple failed fixes
  • Git worktree directory defaults to .worktrees/ instead of prompting users
  • Planning is now mandatory for all tasks using superpowers, including simple ones
  • Plan execution now uses a single streamlined path instead of branching options

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

These changes modernize skill documentation across brainstorming, planning, execution, debugging, and Git workflows by streamlining execution flow into direct progression, enforcing explicit sub-skill invocation, automating directory defaults, and implementing automatic escalation procedures for architectural issues.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Execution Flow Simplification skills/brainstorming/SKILL.md, skills/executing-plans/SKILL.md, skills/writing-plans/SKILL.md	Changed implementation trigger from conditional question to direct instruction; restructured execution to process all tasks continuously without inter-task pauses; removed execution-choice branching in favor of single subagent-driven progression path.
Required Sub-Skill Enforcement skills/systematic-debugging/SKILL.md, skills/using-superpowers/SKILL.md	Introduced explicit REQUIRED SUB-SKILL labels for mandatory skill invocations; added red flags preventing task shortcutting; implemented auto-escalation to architectural refactoring when multiple fixes fail; mandated planning phases before implementation with no skip exceptions.
Automation & Defaults skills/using-git-worktrees/SKILL.md	Eliminated user prompts for directory selection; defaulting to .worktrees/ with automatic directory creation when no existing preference is found.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 3 (Moderate) | ⏱️ ~20 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• Skills Repository Separation v2.0.0 #6 — Directly overlaps with edits to brainstorming, writing-plans, executing-plans, systematic-debugging, using-git-worktrees, and using-superpowers SKILL.md files
• docs: fix documentation accuracy issues in skills #157 — Modifies systematic-debugging/SKILL.md alongside test and verification guidance refinements
• fix: require worktree setup before subagent-driven-development and executing-plans #382 — Modifies executing-plans and using-git-worktrees skill documentation with execution flow and Git worktree guidance changes

Poem

🐰 No more pauses, no more waiting—
Straight to action, accelerating!
Sub-skills mandatory, escalations clear,
.worktrees/ springs up without a fear.
One path forward, no branching doubt—
Let the brainstorming flow throughout! 🚀

✨ Finishing touches

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