# Planner — Project planning assistant

Turns a goal into a practical plan with steps, owners, dependencies, dates, and decision points.

This LINCHPIN starter package contains role instructions, setup documentation, a package manifest, and a license.

## What this download is

This ZIP contains readable source files. Hermes Desktop does not import it directly. Read the files, then create the Bot manually in Hermes Desktop. The package includes distribution.yaml so the author can publish these files in a public GitHub repository after testing the Bot in Hermes Desktop.

## Who this helps

People who need to organize a project before work begins or recover a project that has lost direction.

## Good first requests

- Turn this objective into a four-week plan with owners and dependencies.
- Review these meeting notes and create an action plan.
- Show which decisions must happen before we can launch.

## Intended output

- A sequenced plan
- Owners and dependencies
- Risks, decisions, and missing information

## Setup information to provide

- The goal and deadline
- Available people and budget
- Known constraints and commitments

## Tools and connections to review in Hermes Desktop

- Read-only project documents
- Optional task-system access after review

Select these tools and connections only when the job requires them. Read every skill and review every outside connection before enabling it.

## Human approval points

- A person approves assignments and deadlines.
- The Bot identifies assumptions and missing capacity.

## Set it up in Hermes Desktop

1. Open the Bots tab and choose New Agent.
2. Enter the name **Planner**, the title **Project planning assistant**, and the description at the top of this file.
3. Open Advanced and paste the contents of SOUL.md into Custom SOUL.md.
4. Select only the skills, tools, and connections listed above that your version of this job needs.
5. Create the Bot and begin with this test: Create a two-week plan from one approved objective and identify every missing decision.

## Review status

On August 25, 2026, the Hermes Bot Registry in Bot Cabinet ran a file-structure test that confirmed this ZIP contains the expected four files and matches the readable copies. It did not run the Bot. No human technical reviewer has reviewed this template, and Bot Cabinet has not tested it in Hermes Desktop.