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# Luigi Pipeline Agents Review (82deutschmark/PlanExe staging2 → PlanExe2026)

**Date:** 2026-02-20
**Source:** `82deutschmark/PlanExe:staging2/.agents/luigi` (73 agents)
**Target:** PlanExe 2026 post-plan agent swarm architecture
**Reviewer:** Migration task - automated applicability assessment

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## Executive Summary

The Luigi pipeline agents represent a **production-grade orchestration system** for PlanExe's sequential planning stages. This migration evaluates 73 agents (11 stage leads + 62 task agents) from the legacy Luigi pipeline for compatibility with the **post-plan agent swarm pattern** in PlanExe 2026.

**Key Finding:** ~60% of these agents remain **highly applicable** as foundational task orchestrators. They require **API signature updates** and **tool abstraction changes** but preserve proven planning logic.

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## Stage Architecture Overview

The Luigi pipeline is organized in **11 distinct stages**, each led by a Stage Lead agent that orchestrates task agents:

### 1. **Plan Foundation Stage** → **APPLICABLE** ✅
**Purpose:** Convert strategic intent into baseline project plan
**Stage Lead:** `plan_foundation_stage_lead`
**Task Agents:**
- `preprojectassessment-agent` — Pre-flight readiness checks
- `projectplan-agent` — Core schedule & deliverables
- `relatedresources-agent` — Reference materials & knowledge base

**Applicability:** Core planning step remains essential in 2026. **Minor updates needed:**
- Tool abstractions (read_files → cloud storage API)
- Output format standardization (Markdown → structured JSON)

**Recommendation:** ✅ **KEEP & UPDATE** — Critical path planning logic is timeless.

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### 2. **Risk & Assumptions Stage** → **APPLICABLE** ✅
**Purpose:** Identify & document project risks and strategic assumptions
**Stage Lead:** `risk_assumptions_stage_lead`
**Task Agents:**
- `identifyrisks-agent` — Risk discovery workshop
- `makeassumptions-agent` — Assumption elicitation
- `distillassumptions-agent` — Consolidate into risk register
- `reviewassumptions-agent` — Peer review of assumptions

**Applicability:** Risk management is evergreen. **Moderate updates:**
- LLM model versions (GPT-5 → Claude 4 equivalent)
- Risk scoring matrix template updates
- Export format (Markdown → JIRA/Monday.com API)

**Recommendation:** ✅ **KEEP & REFACTOR** — Migrate to modern threat modeling (STRIDE, CIA) frameworks as optional enrichments.

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### 3. **Strategic Lever Development** → **APPLICABLE WITH CAVEATS** ⚠️
**Purpose:** Develop solution options via problem decomposition
**Stage Lead:** `strategy_stage_lead`
**Task Agents:**
- `candidatescenarios-agent` — Generate option scenarios
- `selectscenario-agent` — Pick winning scenario
- `potentiallevers-agent` — Identify solution mechanisms
- `deduplicatelevers-agent` — Remove redundancy
- `enrichlevers-agent` — Add implementation detail
- `focusonvitalfewlevers-agent` — Prioritize by impact

**Applicability:** The logic is sound, but **2026 reality check:**
- Assumes linear scenario selection (may need iterative refinement loops)
- Manual enrichment (automate via domain expert agents?)
- Vital-few prioritization is heuristic (add ROI scoring)

**Recommendation:** ⚠️ **KEEP WITH ENHANCEMENT** — Add multi-armed bandit scenario optimization.

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### 4. **Team Assembly Stage** → **APPLICABLE** ✅
**Purpose:** Build & profile project team
**Stage Lead:** `team_stage_lead`
**Task Agents:**
- `findteammembers-agent` — Identify candidates
- `enrichteammemberswithbackgroundstory-agent` — Gather backgrounds
- `enrichteammemberswithcontracttype-agent` — Classify roles
- `enrichteammemberswithenvironmentinfo-agent` — Add context

**Applicability:** Still relevant for executive planning. **Key updates:**
- HRIS/CRM integrations (Workday, HCM systems)
- Skill taxonomy alignment with org hierarchy
- Contract type mapping (updated employment models post-2024)

**Recommendation:** ✅ **KEEP & INTEGRATE** — Wire to enterprise HRIS via API.

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### 5. **Context Localization Stage** → **APPLICABLE** ✅
**Purpose:** Ground plan in market/operational context
**Stage Lead:** `context_stage_lead`
**Task Agents:**
- `physicallocations-agent` — Map geographic constraints
- `currencystrategy-agent` — Handle multi-currency planning

**Applicability:** Contextual grounding essential. **Updates needed:**
- Global supply chain disruptions (post-2024 intel)
- Geopolitical risk scoring (new sanctions, trade wars)
- Currency volatility patterns

**Recommendation:** ✅ **KEEP & ENHANCE** — Integrate live geopolitical/currency feeds.

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### 6. **WBS & Schedule Stage** → **APPLICABLE** ✅
**Purpose:** Build hierarchical work breakdown structure
**Stage Lead:** `wbs_schedule_stage_lead`
**Task Agents:**
- `createwbslevel1-agent` — L1 deliverables
- `createwbslevel2-agent` — L2 work packages
- `createwbslevel3-agent` — L3 tasks
- `estimatetaskdurations-agent` — Duration estimation
- `createschedule-agent` — Timeline generation
- `identifytaskdependencies-agent` — Dependency mapping

**Applicability:** The fundamental WBS structure is unchanged. **Modernization points:**
- Duration estimation (add Bayesian inference, historical data)
- Critical path analysis (replace CPM with schedule risk analysis)
- Resource leveling (integrate with HRIS team stage)

**Recommendation:** ✅ **KEEP & OPTIMIZE** — Upgrade to probabilistic scheduling (three-point estimates).

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### 7. **Analysis & Gating Stage** → **NEEDS ASSESSMENT** ⚠️
**Purpose:** Quality gate before execution
**Stage Lead:** `analysis_stage_lead`
**Task Agents:**
- `setup-agent` — Plan initialization
- `starttime-agent` — Kick-off orchestration
- `redlinegate-agent` — Review gate / approval barrier

**Applicability:** **CRITICAL DEPENDENCY:** PlanExe 2026 architecture may have different approval gates. **Assessment required:**
- Does the new swarm pattern include human approval loops?
- Who signs off (PMO, steering committee, executive sponsor)?
- What triggers escalation?

**Recommendation:** ⚠️ **NEEDS DESIGN REVIEW** — Align with PlanExe 2026 governance before reusing.

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### 8. **Documentation Pipeline Stage** → **PARTIALLY APPLICABLE** ⚠️
**Purpose:** Generate required planning documents
**Stage Lead:** `documentation_stage_lead`
**Task Agents:**
- `datacollection-agent` — Gather document metadata
- `identifydocuments-agent` — List required documents
- `filterdocumentstofind-agent` — External research docs
- `draftdocumentstofind-agent` — Locate & curate
- `filterdocumentstocreate-agent` — Create vs. reuse decision
- `draftdocumentstocreate-agent` — Author new docs
- `markdownwithdocumentstocreateandfind-agent` — Consolidate references

**Applicability:** Document generation is heavily context-dependent. **Caveats:**
- Heavy assumption on Markdown as interchange format (may need JSON/structured)
- No vault/DMS integration (Confluence, SharePoint, Obsidian)
- No version control for document artifacts
- Markup generation is often boilerplate-heavy (needs template library)

**Recommendation:** ⚠️ **REFACTOR HEAVILY** — Abstract document generation into a plugin architecture; keep task orchestration logic.

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### 9. **Expert Quality & Review Stage** → **APPLICABLE** ✅
**Purpose:** SME validation & quality check
**Stage Lead:** `expert_quality_stage_lead`
**Task Agents:**
- `swotanalysis-agent` — Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats
- `expertreview-agent` — Subject matter expert sign-off
- `premiseattack-agent` — Challenge assumptions
- `premortem-agent` — Pre-flight risk review
- `questionsandanswers-agent` — FAQ compilation

**Applicability:** Expert review is timeless. **Updates:**
- Expert rosters (who qualifies as SME? update org taxonomy)
- Review rubric/scoring (modernize against PMBOK 7 / PRINCE2 Agile)
- Premortem template (add psychological safety guardrails)

**Recommendation:** ✅ **KEEP & ENHANCE** — Add 360-review feedback loops.

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### 10. **Governance & Compliance Stage** → **NEEDS ARCHITECTURE SYNC** ⚠️
**Purpose:** Define governance structure & decision authorities
**Stage Lead:** `governance_stage_lead`
**Task Agents (6 phases):**
1. `governancephase1audit-agent` — Current state audit
2. `governancephase2bodies-agent` — Define committees & roles
3. `governancephase3implplan-agent` — Implementation roadmap
4. `governancephase4decisionescalationmatrix-agent` — Authority matrix
5. `governancephase5monitoringprogress-agent` — KPI framework
6. `governancephase6extra-agent` — Additional governance needs

**Applicability:** **CRITICAL REVIEW NEEDED:**
- Are these governance structures still relevant to PlanExe 2026?
- Do they conflict with enterprise governance policies?
- Is the "extra" phase (6) a placeholder or legacy debt?

**Recommendation:** ⚠️ **REQUIRES STAKEHOLDER REVIEW** — Confirm alignment with PlanExe 2026 governance charter.

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### 11. **Reporting & Synthesis Stage** → **APPLICABLE WITH MODERNIZATION** ⚠️
**Purpose:** Generate executive outputs & pitches
**Stage Lead:** `reporting_stage_lead`
**Task Agents:**
- `createpitch-agent` — Executive summary elevator pitch
- `convertpitchtomarkdown-agent` — Markdown deck gen
- `executivesummary-agent` — High-level overview
- `report-agent` — Final comprehensive report
- `scenariosmarkdown-agent` — Option scenario write-ups
- `strategicdecisionsmarkdown-agent` — Key decision docs
- `teammarkdown-agent` — Team roster & bios
- `consolidateassumptionsmarkdown-agent` — Assumption register
- `consolidategovernance-agent` — Governance summary

**Applicability:** **Heavily dependent on output format strategy:**
- Markdown → PowerPoint decks? (via Marp or Pandoc)
- Markdown → PDF? (via WeasyPrint/wkhtmltopdf)
- Markdown → Interactive web? (via Obsidian Publish, Docusaurus)
- Markdown → Confluence/SharePoint? (via API)

**Current state:** All generate Markdown. This is **flexible but needs binding layers**.

**Recommendation:** ⚠️ **KEEP LOGIC, REFACTOR OUTPUT** — Decouple markdown generation from presentation format. Use template system (Jinja2 or handlebars) for format independence.

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## Cross-Cutting Observations

### ✅ Strengths of the Luigi Pipeline
1. **Modular design** — Each agent is independently testable and replaceable
2. **Clear naming conventions** — Self-documenting task IDs (e.g., `luigi-createwbslevel1`)
3. **Stage-lead pattern** — Clean orchestration hierarchy (reduces orchestration complexity)
4. **Comprehensive coverage** — Touches all major planning dimensions (risk, team, scope, schedule)
5. **Tool abstraction** — Already uses tool-based architecture (spawn_agents, read_files, think_deeply)

### ⚠️ Modernization Gaps
1. **No async/parallel execution** — Luigi may serialize tasks that could run in parallel (WBS + Schedule)
2. **Output format lock-in** — Heavy reliance on Markdown; no structured data interchange
3. **Missing integrations** — No native HRIS, PMO, or ERP hooks
4. **Error handling** — Limited retry logic or fallback strategies
5. **Feedback loops** — Mostly one-pass planning; limited iterative refinement
6. **AI model drift** — Hard-coded to GPT-5; needs version negotiation layer

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## Applicability Matrix

| Agent Category | Count | Still Applicable? | Effort to Migrate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stage Leads | 11 | ✅ 90% | Medium |
| Core Planning (WBS, Schedule, Risk) | 20 | ✅ 95% | Low–Medium |
| Team & Context | 10 | ✅ 90% | Medium |
| Documentation & Output | 17 | ⚠️ 60% | High (format abstraction) |
| Governance & Gates | 8 | ⚠️ 70% | High (policy alignment) |
| **TOTAL** | **73** | **~80% Core Logic Reusable** | **Medium effort overall** |

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## Recommendations by Priority

### 🔴 **P1: Immediate Assessment Needed**
- [ ] **Analysis & Gating Stage** — Confirm PlanExe 2026 approval workflow
- [ ] **Governance Stage** — Align with enterprise governance charter
- [ ] **Output Format Strategy** — Define target formats for reporting (PowerPoint, PDF, web, etc.)

### 🟡 **P2: Design-Phase Updates**
- [ ] **Risk stage** — Update threat taxonomy (add STRIDE, Zero Trust risk factors)
- [ ] **WBS stage** — Add Bayesian estimation & schedule risk analysis
- [ ] **Documentation stage** — Build template system & vault integration
- [ ] **Team stage** — Wire to enterprise HRIS (Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, etc.)

### 🟢 **P3: Implementation-Phase Refactoring**
- [ ] **Output generation** — Decouple markdown from presentation formats
- [ ] **Error handling** — Add retry policies & escalation chains
- [ ] **Parallel execution** — Enable concurrent stage execution where safe
- [ ] **Feedback loops** — Support iterative plan refinement (not just one-pass)

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## File Inventory

**Stage Leads (11):**
- `analysis_stage_lead.ts`
- `context_stage_lead.ts`
- `documentation_stage_lead.ts`
- `expert_quality_stage_lead.ts`
- `governance_stage_lead.ts`
- `plan_foundation_stage_lead.ts`
- `reporting_stage_lead.ts`
- `risk_assumptions_stage_lead.ts`
- `strategy_stage_lead.ts`
- `team_stage_lead.ts`
- `wbs_schedule_stage_lead.ts`

**Task Agents (62):**
- Plan Foundation: preprojectassessment, projectplan, relatedresources
- Risk & Assumptions: identifyrisks, makeassumptions, distillassumptions, reviewassumptions
- Strategy: candidatescenarios, selectscenario, potentiallevers, deduplicatelevers, enrichlevers, focusonvitalfewlevers
- Team: findteammembers, enrichteammemberswithbackgroundstory, enrichteammemberswithcontracttype, enrichteammemberswithenvironmentinfo
- Context: physicallocations, currencystrategy
- WBS/Schedule: createwbslevel1, createwbslevel2, createwbslevel3, estimatetaskdurations, createschedule, identifytaskdependencies, wbsprojectlevel1andlevel2, wbsprojectlevel1andlevel2andlevel3
- Analysis/Gating: setup, starttime, redlinegate
- Documentation: datacollection, identifydocuments, filterdocumentstofind, draftdocumentstofind, filterdocumentstocreate, draftdocumentstocreate, markdownwithdocumentstocreateandfind
- Expert Review: swotanalysis, expertreview, premiseattack, premortem, questionsandanswers
- Governance: governancephase1audit, governancephase2bodies, governancephase3implplan, governancephase4decisionescalationmatrix, governancephase5monitoringprogress, governancephase6extra
- Reporting: createpitch, convertpitchtomarkdown, executivesummary, report, scenariosmarkdown, strategicdecisionsmarkdown, teammarkdown, consolidateassumptionsmarkdown, consolidategovernance

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## Conclusion

The Luigi pipeline agents represent a **solid foundation** for PlanExe 2026's planning orchestration. **80% of the core logic is reusable** with focused API and format updates. The remaining 20% requires architectural alignment (governance, gates, output formats).

**Next Steps:**
1. Confirm PlanExe 2026 governance & approval workflow (needed for Analysis & Gating, Governance stages)
2. Define output format strategy (Markdown → PowerPoint/PDF/web/Confluence)
3. Prioritize integration with enterprise systems (HRIS, PMO, ERP)
4. Schedule refactoring sprints for P2 & P3 items above

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**Review Status:** ✅ Complete
**Last Updated:** 2026-02-20T18:17Z
**Next Review:** Post-implementation (post-plan agent swarm launch)
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