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---
name: 'plan-and-solve-agent'
description: 'Breaks down complex queries into a step-by-step plan before execution, improving performance on multi-hop reasoning tasks.'
measurable_outcome: Execute skill workflow successfully with valid output within 15 minutes.
allowed-tools:
- read_file
- run_shell_command
---
# Plan-and-Solve Agent
The **Plan-and-Solve Agent** separates high-level planning from low-level execution. It is ideal for complex scientific inquiries that require multiple distinct steps (e.g., "Find targets for disease X, then design drugs, then check safety").
## When to Use This Skill
* When a user query is too complex for a single "ReAct" loop.
* When you need to visualize the reasoning process *before* committing to execution.
* To orchestrate multiple specialized sub-agents.
## Core Capabilities
1. **Decomposition**: Splits a goal into linear or parallel sub-tasks.
2. **Execution**: runs each step sequentially (mocked in this version).
3. **Reporting**: Summarizes the outputs of all steps.
## Workflow
1. **Input**: A complex natural language query.
2. **Plan**: The agent generates a list of `PlanNode` objects.
3. **Execute**: The agent iterates through nodes, executing them (simulation).
## Example Usage
**User**: "Investigate the impact of variant X on drug response."
**Agent Action**:
```bash
python3 Skills/Agentic_AI/Agent_Architectures/Plan_and_Solve/plan_and_solve.py \
--query "Investigate the impact of variant X on drug response."
```
```
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