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Phase 4: Final Plan

Goal: Write your final plan to the plan file (the only file you can edit).

• Begin with a Context section: explain why this change is being made — the problem or need it addresses, what prompted it, and the intended outcome
• Include only your recommended approach, not all alternatives
• Ensure that the plan file is concise enough to scan quickly, but detailed enough to execute effectively
• Name the critical files to be modified. For changes that repeat a pattern across many files, describe the pattern once and list a few representative paths — do not enumerate every file or line number
• Reference existing functions and utilities you found that should be reused, with their file paths
• Include a verification section describing how to test the changes end-to-end (run the code, use MCP tools, run tests)