Capacity Plan
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The capacity-plan skill assists in evaluating team workload and resource availability. It processes information regarding team composition, current project commitments, and upcoming initiatives to generate a structured capacity report. By accounting for utilization targets, potential bottlenecks, and various planning scenarios, it helps teams make informed decisions about hiring, project prioritization, and timeline management.
What it does
- Analyzes current team workload and resource allocation
- Forecasts capacity against upcoming project demand
- Identifies potential bottlenecks and oversubscribed roles
- Provides actionable recommendations for hiring or reprioritization
- Generates comparative scenarios to evaluate different planning outcomes
- Integrates with project trackers and calendars to pull data on commitments and availability
When to use it
- During quarterly planning sessions
- When the team feels overallocated and requires data-driven insights
- When deciding whether to hire new staff or deprioritize existing projects
- When stress-testing project feasibility against current team capacity
Advantages
- Promotes realistic planning by accounting for non-project work and buffers
- Provides clear visibility into team utilization and resource gaps
- Supports data-backed decision making for resource management
- Helps prevent burnout by identifying overallocated team members
Usage examples
- “capacity-plan for the engineering team for Q3”
- Generates a report detailing current utilization, upcoming project demand, identified bottlenecks, and recommendations for the engineering team's Q3 capacity.
- “capacity-plan for the marketing department using my project tracker data”
- Produces a capacity analysis based on the team's current project commitments and available hours, highlighting potential resource gaps.
Install
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Documentation by Anthropic
/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 $ARGUMENTSWhat 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 Type | Target Utilization | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| IC / Specialist | 75-80% | Leave room for reactive work and growth |
| Manager | 60-70% | Management overhead, meetings, 1:1s |
| On-call / Support | 50-60% | 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
Include all work — BAU, projects, support, meetings. People aren't 100% available for project work.
Plan for buffer — Target 80% utilization. 100% means no room for surprises.
Update regularly — Capacity plans go stale fast. Review monthly.
Files
- ATTRIBUTION.mdAdded by AutoGineer903 B
- LICENSELicence file added by AutoGineer11.3 KiB
- SKILL.md3.4 KiB
SKILL.md
/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 $ARGUMENTSWhat 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 Type | Target Utilization | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| IC / Specialist | 75-80% | Leave room for reactive work and growth |
| Manager | 60-70% | Management overhead, meetings, 1:1s |
| On-call / Support | 50-60% | 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
Include all work — BAU, projects, support, meetings. People aren't 100% available for project work.
Plan for buffer — Target 80% utilization. 100% means no room for surprises.
Update regularly — Capacity plans go stale fast. Review monthly.
Requirements and compatibility
Written for: Claude Code, Claude apps
Works with: Claude Code, Claude apps, OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Kiro, OpenCode, Goose, Amp, Roo Code, JetBrains Junie, Factory Droid, Devin (ex-Windsurf), Mistral Vibe, OpenHands, Letta
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Attribution and licence
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- Anthropic
- Publisher
- Anthropic (Official)
- Source
- anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins · operations/skills/capacity-plan · commit e050c2e
- Licence
- Apache License 2.0 (redistribution allowed)
- LICENSE (added by AutoGineer from LICENSE)
- ATTRIBUTION.md (written by AutoGineer)
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