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Plan Mode

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Last discussed Oct 15, 2026

A Claude Code feature where Claude reviews the project context and proposes an approach plan before making any file edits, enabling human review and approval before execution.

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Claude Code New Features, Explained
Greg Isenberg · Aug 17, 2026

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Greg says Plan Mode shows you Claude's approach before it touches any files, so you review first instead of just hoping Claude understood the task.

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Greg Isenberg

"Plan mode is basically the moment where Claude looks around the project, reads the context, and thinks through the job, and it shows you the approach before it starts changing files. The way I think about it is like the quote, 'measure t..."

Contrasted with just throwing a task at Claude and hoping it understands

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Greg Isenberg
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Used for: Reviewing and approving Claude's implementation approach before any files are edited, especially for meaningful product changes Praised: Forces Claude to gather context before acting, produces a reviewable plan wit... vs: Contrasted with just throwing a task at Claude and hoping it understands

"Plan mode is basically the moment where Claude looks around the project, reads the context, and thinks through the job, and it shows you the approach before it starts changing files. The way I think about it is like the quote, 'measure twice, cut ..."

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"The first is plan. /plan, just agree on what to build before it starts changing files. So, for example, with my latecheckout.studio example, I should have used plan mode. If I would have used plan mode, my first version would have been a lot better."

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