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The Keystroke That Puts Claude Code Into Plan Mode
You're about to ask Claude Code to investigate an OAuth integration before writing any code, and you want it to research and propose a plan without editing anything yet.
How do you enter plan mode from the terminal?
Solution
The correct answer is "Shift+Tab until it shows plan mode is on."
Cycling permission modes with Shift+Tab until the status line reads
"⏸ plan mode on" turns it on for the session (or you can launch
directly into it with claude --permission-mode plan). There is no
/plan chat command, Ctrl+G is for opening a proposed plan in your
editor once one exists — not for entering plan mode — and plan mode
is not the default; it has to be turned on.
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