Planning & Task Management
Plan mode, Plan agent, todos, and background tasks
Complex work is broken down explicitly: entering plan mode changes how the agent reasons, the Plan agent deep-dives on design, and todo/task tools persist structure across turns.
6 stepsplanningtasksorganization
Step-by-step breakdown
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⚙️Session framing
Identity & IntroductionThe same core agent identity applies; planning is still software engineering assistance.
software engineering tasks
Techniques
role-settingguardrailsscope-limiting
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🔧Enter Plan mode
Enter Plan Mode Tool3
🤖Plan subagent
Plan Agent — Software Architect4
🔧Exit Plan mode
Exit Plan Mode Tool5
🔧Track todos
Todo Write Tool6
🔧Structured task list (Task)
Task Create Tool