Plan Checklist

This is a resource for anyone who wants to evaluate a plan. Its goal is to contain all the questions that we should ask every time, but sometimes forget to.

### Security

#### Physical

* Are we aware of our surroundings? Where could someone be hiding?
* What would it take for the people next to us to attack us?

#### Informational

* What secrets are we keeping?
* Who do we know is listening?
* Who might be listening?
* Does the plan use any abilities we are supposed to keep secret?
* Does this plan use information we are supposed to keep secret?
	+ If it does, can an outside observer piece together what we know from what we are doing?

#### Social

* What is our current social role?
	+ What are the expectations for that role, and the penalties for not meeting them?
* Will we make ourselves or our allies look bad?
* Will we make our enemies look good?

### Responsibility

#### Orders

* Do we have any relevant standing orders?
* Have we been given a direct order?
* What will happen if we violate those orders?

#### Relationships

* Do we have any friends who would care about what we are doing?
* Are we harming any of our friends?
* Do we have the opportunity to help any of our friends?
* We are trying to make Hazou more empathetic, so is there an opportunity to specifically consider the feelings of others in this plan?

#### Agreements

* Have we made any relevant agreements or deals?
* Will anyone think we have gone back on our word if we do this?

#### Side effects

* Will any environmental changes hurt our allies?
* Or help our enemies?
* Are bystanders, especially civilians, likely to get caught in any sort of cross fire?
* Will anyone be hurt as a result of helping us?
	+ Will this become known?

### Practicality

#### Advice

* Have we asked anyone in the game world to check our logic?
* Are we accidentally planning for someone else who should be an expert on the topic? Like how we tried to plan for winter when Kagome was already a survival expert.
	+ If so, consider putting it in anyway, but mark it as just a suggestion for the QMs, to save them some spoons.

#### Possibility and Rulings

* Is this plan possible within our current understanding of the world and its rules?
* If anything relies on a specific interpretation of the world and its mechanics, can you point to a QM ruling on the matter?
	+ Has the ruling been referenced recently?

#### Resources

* What resources does this plan need, and do we have enough of them?
	+ Time
	+ Seals
	+ Money
	+ Anonymity
	+ Favours
	+ Trust
* Does the plan use resources that could be better spent somewhere else?

### Formality

#### Format and readability

* Can people understand your plan well enough to evaluate it?
* Is it clear what order actions should happen in?

#### Time

* If your plan is totally new, is it at least 18 hours before the deadline?
* If it is a minor change, have you double checked with someone else in the hive mind?
* If it is a major change to an existing plan, have you considered posting it as a separate plan?

#### Spoon Savers

1. Have you marked events that can happen off screen?
2. If anything requires complicated simulation, have you offered a model that the QMs could use?
3. If your plan looks like it might win, have you asked the QMs if they want any clarifications?