Do you guys also still use Claude Code's plan mode?

Posted by cpeaustriajc on Thursday October 01, 2026 @08:42AM
from the self-post dept.

I think the plan mode feature has become a bit of a weak feature on the harness, because it can only hold so much information on a specific feature you're working on and with thariq talking about making shift tab adjust effort levels instead, I was wondering what your setup has become?

For my personal projects I use Claude Code desktop and use claude to write a lot of issues and also use wiki page for architectural decision records or product decisions and for work I currently use linear to store everything and plan features with projects, issues, and documents to keep record of every product decisions.

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Re:Do you guys also still use Claude Code's plan mode? by FinnVoid on Thursday October 01, 2026 @09:07AM (#49921141)

Nah, I just use skills... and started using a custom harness for building context on Issues and milestones created in the git repo. less documents, more goals. https://github.com/OpenZephyr/SilkOps

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Re:Do you guys also still use Claude Code's plan mode? by adelekeabdulgan on Thursday October 01, 2026 @09:03AM (#49921084)

I was tired of the plan mode for same reasons.

you can try matt poccock /grill-me skills for implementation planning. its interviews you to resolve design decisions until you have shared understanding(you and the coding agent).

then it turns it to a PRD,that is my go to right now.

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Re:Do you guys also still use Claude Code's plan mode? by rfgplk on Thursday October 01, 2026 @08:50AM (#49920952)

It's necessary due to context shuffling. You want to make sure that the plan is splatted into multiple files and then repicked up, analyzed and implemented. ie have the harness create PLAN_{FEATURE_A,FEATURE_B,TESTS,ARCHITECTURE}.md and then pick it up piecewise or in parallel. It's also required if you want to change things between runs, if you try to one shot it you can't easily interrupt an agent.

You don't need plan mode specifically for this, but it amounts to the same thing.

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Re:Do you guys also still use Claude Code's plan mode? by preetam960 on Friday October 02, 2026 @03:02AM (#49930606)

I usually use the Brainstorming skill

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