WHAT ACTUALLY IS CLAUDE CODE'S PLAN MODE?

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Plan mode is a feature in Claude Code that pauses execution until users approve of a plan. A plan in Claude Code is a markdown file written into Claude's plans folder by Claude in plan mode. Users can review and edit the plan before Claude executes whatever task it needs to. The tool brings in more complexity into the user interface, taking away some of the magic. It replicates something that natural language can already do, making the user experience a little less natural.