Summary
Implement appetite-bounded cycles with circuit breakers: plans declare appetite (small/medium/large), sessions track which cycle they’re in, and the circuit breaker fires when appetite is exhausted.
Motivation
Shape Up’s cycles and circuit breakers are specified in semiotic-project-management but not implemented. Currently plans have no appetite field and no mechanism to stop work that exceeds its budget.
Steps
- Add appetite field to plan template.
- Add session tracking to working-notes (which plan is active, how many sessions spent).
- Add circuit breaker check to review-plans skill (warn if sessions > appetite).
- Define cool-down practice (what to do between cycles).
Done when
- appetite field in template
- session tracking works
- circuit breaker warns on appetite exceeded
Dependencies
- Plan 0017 (board and WIP)
Log
2026-03-07 — Created from semiotic-project-management spec. Cycles, appetites, and circuit breakers are all specified but not implemented.