SKILL PROCESS

Backend Ralph Plan

Create a structured plan directory with Ralph Wiggum Loop integration for backend Django projects (PLAN.md, task files, and RALPH-PROMPT.md).

Overview

Create a structured plan directory with Ralph Wiggum Loop integration for backend Django projects (PLAN.md, task files, and RALPH-PROMPT.md).

This skill ships inside the Plan Directory plugin and can be installed through the Claude Code marketplace or directly in Codex from its skill path.

Parent Surface

Parent docs: Plan Directory

Related wrapper commands from the parent plugin:

/plan-directory:backend-ralph-plan

When to Use

  • Backend Django features requiring rigorous quality control
  • Multi-task implementations needing iterative, autonomous execution
  • When you want continuous regression testing between tasks
  • Projects where you'll walk away and let Ralph complete the work

Purpose

This skill creates two deliverables:

The key insight: Ralph works by feeding the same prompt repeatedly. Claude sees its previous work in files/git and iterates. RALPH-PROMPT.md becomes that prompt, instructing Claude to work through tasks with strict quality gates.

When NOT to Use

  • Quick prototypes or exploratory code
  • Frontend projects (create frontend-ralph-plan if needed)
  • Simple tasks that don't need iteration
  • Plans where human judgment is needed at each step

The Two-Step Process

Step 1: This skill creates the plan

Step 2: Run the plan

That's it. This command:

Optional: /plan-directory:run --max-iterations 50

text 
docs/plans/<slug>/
├── PLAN.md              # Task index with tracking
├── RALPH-PROMPT.md      # Prompt for ralph-loop
├── 001-<task>.md        # Task files
└── ...
text 
/plan-directory:run <slug>

Resources

Declared allowed tools:

ReadWriteEditGlobBash

References

  • plan-template.md
  • quality-gates.md
  • ralph-prompt-template.md

Installation

Switch between Claude Code and Codex, then copy the install command for the runtime you use.

claude plugin marketplace add DiversioTeam/agent-skills-marketplace
claude plugin install plan-directory@diversiotech

Invocation:

/plan-directory:backend-ralph-plan