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capacity-plan

github.com/anthropicsProductivity33.6k2.8k installsUpdated 1d ago
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About capacity-plan

A planning skill for analyzing team capacity and allocating people, budget, and time. It helps teams map current workload and upcoming work against staffing, skills, and other constraints.

Key features

  1. 01Assess skills and available hours
  2. 02Track allocation and utilization
  3. 03Plan hires and contractor capacity
  4. 04Account for budgets and dependencies
  5. 05Include time off, meetings, and buffer

Use cases

  1. 01Plan team capacity for next quarter
  2. 02Assess staffing impact of a new project
  3. 03Estimate availability around leave and meetings

Install

Copy the command and run it in a terminal.

$npx skills add https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins --skill capacity-plan

After installing, type/capacity-planin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.

Details

From the project README

/capacity-plan

If you see unfamiliar placeholders or need to check which tools are connected, see CONNECTORS.md.

Analyze team capacity and plan resource allocation.

Usage

/capacity-plan $ARGUMENTS

What I Need From You

  • Team size and roles: Who do you have?
  • Current workload: What are they working on? (Upload from project tracker or describe)
  • Upcoming work: What's coming next quarter?
  • Constraints: Budget, hiring timeline, skill requirements

Planning Dimensions

People
  • Available headcount and skills
  • Current allocation and utilization
  • Planned hires and timeline
  • Contractor and vendor capacity
Budget
  • Operating budget by category
  • Project-specific budgets
  • Variance tracking
  • Forecast vs. actual
Time
  • Project timelines and dependencies
  • Critical path analysis
  • Buffer and contingency planning
  • Deadline management

Utilization Targets

Role TypeTarget UtilizationNotes
IC / Specialist75-80%Leave room for reactive work and growth
Manager60-70%Management overhead, meetings, 1:1s
On-call / Support50-60%Interrupt-driven work is unpredictable

Common Pitfalls

  • Planning to 100% utilization (no buffer for surprises)
  • Ignoring meeting load and context-switching costs
  • Not accounting for vacation, holidays, and sick time
  • Treating all hours as equal (creative work ≠ admin work)

Output

## Capacity Plan: [Team/Project]
**Period:** [Date range] | **Team Size:** [X]

### Current Utilization
| Person/Role | Capacity | Allocated | Available | Utilization |
|-------------|----------|-----------|-----------|-------------|
| [Name/Role] | [hrs/wk] | [hrs/wk] | [hrs/wk] | [X]% |

### Capacity Summary
- **Total capacity**: [X] hours/week
- **Currently allocated**: [X] hours/week ([X]%)
- **Available**: [X] hours/week ([X]%)
- **Overallocated**: [X people above 100%]

### Upcoming Demand
| Project/Initiative | Start | End | Resources Needed | Gap |
|--------------------|-------|-----|-----------------|-----|
| [Project] | [Date] | [Date] | [X FTEs] | [Covered/Gap] |

### Bottlenecks
- [Skill or role that's oversubscribed]
- [Time period with a crunch]

### Recommendations
1. [Hire / Contract / Reprioritize / Delay]
2. [Specific action]

### Scenarios
| Scenario | Outcome |
|----------|---------|
| Do nothing | [What happens] |
| Hire [X] | [What changes] |
| Deprioritize [Y] | [What frees up] |

If Connectors Available

If ~~project tracker is connected:

  • Pull current workload and ticket assignments automatically
  • Show upcoming sprint or quarter commitments per person

If ~~calendar is connected:

  • Factor in PTO, holidays, and recurring meeting load
  • Calculate actual available hours per person

Tips

  1. Include all work — BAU, projects, support, meetings. People aren't 100% available for project work.
  2. Plan for buffer — Target 80% utilization. 100% means no room for surprises.
  3. Update regularly — Capacity plans go stale fast. Review monthly.

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