Claude Code may kill Plan Mode, shifting to Shift+Tab effort-level toggles
cto_junior · x · 2026-09-24
The team behind Claude Code is considering killing Plan Mode and replacing it with a Shift+Tab hotkey to adjust effort levels, reasoning that the models no longer need plan mode as capabilities improve.
The post solicits feedback from plan-mode holdouts on why they still rely on it, while repliers like @ctojunior say plan mode is no longer worth using.
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