openclaw-backups/archive/inactive-skills/codex-conductor/references/planning-questionnaire.md

Planning Questionnaire (Mandatory)

Ask these in order. Do not start implementation until critical answers are provided.

0) Coding Agent Selection (Ask First)

1. Which coding agent should run implementation tasks? (codex | claude | opencode | pi)
2. What is the fallback coding agent if the primary fails repeatedly?

A) Outcome and Scope

3. What are we building (one-sentence mission)?
4. Who are the target users?
5. What is in scope for v1?
6. What is explicitly out of scope?
7. What is the deadline (if any)?

B) User Journeys and Success

8. What are the top 3 user journeys?
9. What must work on day one (must-have features)?
10. What metrics define success (adoption, conversion, latency, reliability)?
11. What does “Definition of Done” mean for this project?

C) Product and Compliance Constraints

12. Any legal/compliance constraints (privacy, data residency, PCI, HIPAA, etc.)?
13. Any accessibility level target (e.g., WCAG baseline)?
14. Any browser/device/platform constraints?
15. Any third-party integrations required?

D) Technical Constraints

16. Preferred stack (frontend/backend/database/infra)?
17. Existing repo or greenfield?
18. Required hosting target (Cloudflare, Vercel, AWS, on-prem, etc.)?
19. Required CI/CD platform?
20. Auth requirements (roles, SSO, OAuth providers)?
21. Payments/subscriptions needed?
22. Data model complexity and expected scale?

E) Quality and Operations

23. Required test levels (unit/integration/e2e/perf/security)?
24. Availability target/SLO?
25. Logging/monitoring/alerting requirements?
26. Rollback expectations?
27. Backup and disaster recovery expectations?

F) Orchestration Preferences

28. Mode: autonomous or gated?
29. Should research_mode run during planning? (true/false)
30. In gated mode, who approves each gate?
31. In autonomous mode, should orchestrator auto-repair failures up to 2 retries? (true/false)
32. Preferred progress update frequency?

G) Acceptance and Sign-off

33. What are the exact acceptance tests for launch?
34. What evidence is required at each gate?
35. Final approver for release?

Minimum Inputs Required to Start Build

• Primary coding agent choice
• Mission
• Top user journeys
• v1 scope
• Hosting target
• Stack preference (or explicit “recommend one”)
• Mode (autonomous or gated)
• Definition of Done
• Acceptance tests