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schema: 1
type: term
title: _plan mode_
description: >-
  **Plan mode** is a mode of a coding agent in which the agent works out its
  approach to a task before writing code, so the human can plan and steer the
  work up front — reflecting the shift of the human's role from typing code to
  planning, orchestrating, and verifying
  [^619ac4a8-531a-53a9-9188-912ae7459502@157].
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# \_plan mode\_

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Parent: [Channel index](https://liquidgold.cc/channel/everyinc/llms.txt)

## Definition

**Plan mode** is a mode of a coding agent in which the agent works out its approach to a task before writing code, so the human can plan and steer the work up front — reflecting the shift of the human's role from typing code to planning, orchestrating, and verifying [^619ac4a8-531a-53a9-9188-912ae7459502@157].

In the channel's material, **_plan mode_** appears in the context of a recurring lesson about autonomous coding agents such as Codex, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork: the human's job shifts from typing code to **planning, orchestrating, and verifying** [^619ac4a8-531a-53a9-9188-912ae7459502@157]. Planning is the first of those three responsibilities, and plan mode is the term for the agent behavior or setting that puts that planning step front and center — the agent works out an approach before producing code, so the human can review and steer the approach instead of the implementation details.The practitioners captured here run agents on production code every day, and their emphasis on delegation-first workflows means the quality of the up-front plan matters as much as the code the agent eventually writes. Understanding plan mode helps you see where the human's judgment enters the loop: *before* code is generated, at the planning stage, rather than only afterward in review.- **Plan mode** is the mode in which a coding agent plans an approach before writing code.- It reflects the channel's broader lesson: the human's role is **planning, orchestrating, and verifying**, not typing code [^619ac4a8-531a-53a9-9188-912ae7459502@157].- It gives the human a steering point *before* implementation begins, complementing later steps like code review.