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Org Planning

AnthropicOfficialPublished by Anthropic

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Headcount planning, org design, and team structure optimization. Trigger with "org planning", "headcount plan", "team structure", "reorg", "who should we hire next", or when the user is thinking about team size, reporting structure, or organizational design.
— the description by Anthropic

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Org Planning assists leaders and managers in designing effective organizational structures and planning headcount growth. It provides a framework for evaluating reporting lines, span of control, and hiring sequences while ensuring team sizes remain within healthy benchmarks. The skill helps identify potential structural bottlenecks, such as excessive management layers or inefficient team sizes, and supports the creation of structured hiring roadmaps and cost-modeled headcount plans.

What it does

  • Models headcount requirements and hiring sequences based on organizational goals.
  • Evaluates reporting structures and span of control against industry benchmarks.
  • Identifies structural risks like single points of failure or top-heavy management.
  • Generates text-based org charts to visualize team hierarchies.
  • Provides cost modeling and trade-off analysis for headcount planning.

When to use it

  • When planning a company reorg or restructuring team reporting lines.
  • When determining the priority and order of new hires.
  • When assessing if current team sizes are too large or too small for effective management.
  • When evaluating the financial impact and trade-offs of headcount growth.

Advantages

  • Uses standardized benchmarks to identify organizational health issues.
  • Facilitates data-driven decision-making for hiring and team design.
  • Helps prevent common structural pitfalls like excessive management layers.
  • Provides clear visual and structured outputs for planning discussions.

Usage examples

“We are planning a reorg for our 50-person engineering team. Can you help me design the reporting structure?”
The agent will analyze your current team size and propose a reporting structure that maintains an optimal span of control and IC-to-manager ratio.
“Who should we hire next to support our growth?”
The agent will review your current team composition and suggest the most critical roles to hire based on your growth goals and team capacity.

Install

  1. Download the skill as a ZIP:

    https://autogineer.com/agent-skills/anthropics/org-planning/download

  2. Unzip it into the cross-client skills folder of your project:

    mkdir -p .agents/skills && unzip org-planning.zip -d .agents/skills

Documentation by Anthropic

Org Planning

Help plan organizational structure, headcount, and team design.

Planning Dimensions

  • Headcount: How many people do we need, in what roles, by when?

  • Structure: Reporting lines, span of control, team boundaries

  • Sequencing: Which hires are most critical? What's the right order?

  • Budget: Headcount cost modeling and trade-offs

Healthy Org Benchmarks

MetricHealthy RangeWarning Sign
Span of control5-8 direct reports< 3 or > 12
Management layers4-6 for 500 peopleToo many = slow decisions
IC-to-manager ratio6:1 to 10:1< 4:1 = top-heavy
Team size5-9 people< 4 = lonely, > 12 = hard to manage

Output

Produce org charts (text-based), headcount plans with cost modeling, and sequenced hiring roadmaps. Flag structural issues like single points of failure or excessive management overhead.

Files

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

Published by
Anthropic
Publisher
Anthropic (Official)
Source
anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins · human-resources/skills/org-planning · commit e050c2e
Licence
Apache License 2.0 (redistribution allowed)
  • LICENSE (added by AutoGineer from LICENSE)
  • ATTRIBUTION.md (written by AutoGineer)
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