John Lindquist's plan mode: 2-minute rambling dictation plus structured repeat-back prompt

johnlindquist · x · 2026-09-08

johnlindquist shares his current "plan mode": ramble into a 2-minute dictation, then ask the model to "repeat back what I just said in basic, structured language and explain how you're going to accomplish this to completion." A simple, copyable workflow: talking freely to lower the friction, then forcing a structured repeat-back to verify the agent's understanding before it starts.

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