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“if your plan sucks, you're just donating money to Anthropic”
What It Means
Poor planning leads to wasted tokens and ineffective AI automation regardless of tool sophistication
Why It Matters
Emphasizes that no amount of advanced tooling can compensate for inadequate planning
When It's True
When using any automated AI development system with poor initial requirements
When It's Risky
Could discourage experimentation with automation tools entirely
How to Apply
Always evaluate plan quality before running expensive automation
Invest heavily in upfront planning phase
Test planning approach on smaller projects first
Example Scenario
“Team runs RALPH automation on vague product idea, burns through $200 in tokens producing unusable code, realizes they needed detailed feature specifications first”
Related Knowledge
Once the plan is good, the code is good
High-quality planning directly translates to high-quality execution when using advanced AI models
Skills are automated workflows and tasks that you can apply globally at a project or individual leve
Claude Skills are specialized AI workflows that can be used across different contexts to perform specific tasks consiste
Cloudbot is like the final unlock in this glue
AI agents like Claudebot serve as the missing piece that can connect and automate all other productivity systems
It will do 90% of your entire job and then you get to do other things
AI agents should handle complete workflows, not just assist with individual tasks