/plan – Get a plan first; edits wait for your approval – Claude Code
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/plan[description]
Get a plan first; edits wait for your approval
★ Start here
Enters plan mode, where Claude researches and proposes a plan before editing. Pass a description to start on that task immediately.
Best use
Before a big change: /plan fix the auth bug, review, then approve.
Related commands · Conversation & context
- /clearStart a fresh conversation (the old one stays resumable)
- /compactSummarize a long conversation to free space
- /contextSee what is filling the context window
- /resumeGo back to an earlier conversation
- /rewindUndo: roll code and conversation back
- /autocompactSets how full the context window gets before automatic compaction, e.g.
- /branchCreates a branch of the conversation at this point and switches into it; the original is preserved and reachable via /resume.
- /btwAsks a side question about the current session without adding it to the conversation.
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