By default, Claude Code wants to be useful. You ask it to tidy a folder, it starts tidying. That is fine for small jobs. For anything bigger, you want a moment of thinking before any doing.
Lesson 43 of 56
Plan mode, and when to use it
⏱ 8 min · Plan mode turns Claude Code from "ready to act" into "ready to think". The single biggest productivity win once you are past day one.
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