planning-cadence
Help users establish a multi-layered planning system that balances strategic alignment with operational agility across annual, quarterly, and weekly horizons.
npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill planning-cadence --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Planning Cadence Optimization Align long-term strategy with short-term execution through structured, tiered planning rituals. Help the user with planning cadence optimization using insights from 13 guests and posts across Lenny's Podcast and Newsletter. ## How to Help 1. **Audit Cadence** - Evaluate if your current planning frequency matches your company size and market volatility. 2. **Design Resolution** - Determine which horizons require granular project detail and which should remain high-level strategic themes. 3. **Select Framework** - Choose between W, M, or rolling cycles based on your organization's need for top-down versus bottom-up input. 4. **Refine Rituals** - Implement weekly checkpoints to bridge the gap between quarterly goals and the immediate actions required to move metrics. ## Core Principles ### Strategy Before Rituals Shreyas Doshi Live: "And the interesting I found is that because I had a real product strategy, not one of those fake ones, a real product strategy that I had gotten alignment on with everybody, my planning for this major product for Stripe took me like three days." Efficient planning is a byproduct of having a real, pre-aligned product strateg
- How to Help
- Core Principles
- Strategy Before Rituals
- Weekly Momentum Over Deadlines
- Standardize for Variance Reduction
- Enforce Strict Time-Boxes
- Rolling Cycle Flexibility
- Tiered Planning Resolution
- Big Boulder Alignment
- Templates & Frameworks
- Questions to Help Users
- Common Mistakes to Flag
- Deep Dive
- Related Skills
What does the planning-cadence skill do?
Help users establish a multi-layered planning system that balances strategic alignment with operational agility across annual, quarterly, and weekly horizons.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill planning-cadence --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From RefoundAI/lenny-skills, a repository with 1,215 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.