deepagents-planning-todos

Master the writetodos tool for effective task planning and decomposition in Deep Agents.

| ✅ Complex multi-step tasks (3-6 steps) | ✅ Simple 1-2 step queries | | ✅ Tasks requiring user approval first | ✅ Single tool calls | | ✅ Long-running workflows needing progress tracking | ✅ Quick information lookups | | ✅ Tasks where planning adds clarity | ✅ Straightforward API calls |

Decision rule: If you'd benefit from showing the user "Here's my plan..." before starting, use writetodos.

Use the write_todos tool effectively for task planning and decomposition in Deep Agents. Use when users want to (1) implement task planning with write_todos, (2) break down complex tasks into subtasks, (3) track agent progress through todos, (4) debug why todos aren't completing, (5) design todo structures for different task types (research, coding, analysis), (6) understand todo status lifecycle and best practices, or (7) visualize todo progression from LangSmith traces. Source: lubu-labs/langchain-agent-skills.