{"id":"taoidle-plan-cascade","name":"plan-cascade","af_score":42.8,"security_score":49.2,"reliability_score":28.8,"what_it_does":"Plan Cascade is an AI-assisted, multi-stage software development framework that decomposes a project goal into a mega plan, per-feature PRDs/design docs, parallel stories/tasks, and “quality gates” (verification, lint/format, test checks, and review). It supports multiple execution modes including a Claude Code plugin, a CLI, and a desktop app, and includes an MCP server component (FastMCP) plus an MCP client/client-side integration for tools.","best_when":"You need structured, inspectable planning plus parallelized task execution for medium-to-large codebases, and you are integrating with LLM coding agents (especially Claude Code) or MCP-capable agent runtimes.","avoid_when":"You need a stable, server-hosted API with documented uptime and SLAs, or you cannot tolerate alpha/beta maturity in the desktop edition.","last_evaluated":"2026-03-30T13:40:58.253311+00:00","has_mcp":true,"has_api":false,"auth_methods":[],"has_free_tier":false,"known_gotchas":["Multiple editions/modes exist (plugin/desktop/CLI); behavior and maturity differ (desktop is alpha, CLI is dev).","LLM-provider configuration and credentials are not specified here; agent runs may fail without correct environment setup.","MCP tool coverage and exact tool schemas are not shown in the provided README content, so agent integration may require inspecting the MCP server guide and code."],"error_quality":0.0}