[FEATURE] Add option to disable automatic Plan tool use

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Problem Statement

I have a very different iterative planning workflow that I use, so I am never going to actually select "plan mode" myself. I always have to cancel it when Claude decides "it's time to plan!".

Proposed Solution

It would be great to have an official setting to either: deny the planning tool completely (no option in tab switcher either), or a very least deny the automatic tool use to enter planning mode (I am fine if this triggers a hiccup in Claude's output, I can always redirect after).

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I am testing out adding EnterPlanMode to my Deny list, but that seems pretty hacky (what if the name of that tool changes, or there is some other way to trigger it?).

Edit: This does appear to work for now, but as mentioned, an official true/false setting for planning mode as a whole or automatic planning at a minimum would be way better.

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Medium - Would be very helpful

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Interactive mode (TUI)

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Note: This is semi-related to #22220 in spirit (that bug makes this setting more desirable) but the setting feature request is it's own thing.

Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

[MODEL] EnterPlanMode/TodoWrite triggered too aggressively for exploratory conversations #14546
[BUG] Claude enters plan mode automatically without waiting for user approval #22220
[BUG] Plan mode creates /.claude/plans and is over optimizing on simple prompt #12366

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i second this. plan mode is forcing a work-flow that is super different from my approach.

i ALWYAS click "esc" on it, and write "tldr" or a prompt copypasta i have :


"{I ask for your reply to be concise and consist of the minimal information I need for my strategy purposes since I am a CTO strategist and I'm not the developer. So you should not give me technical implementation details unless I will
   ask you about them. You should check those but you should report to me only the strategical essence and make it a TLDR by default. Always surface risks, gaps, and open items prominently — hiding problems is worse than verbose 
  reporting.}"

agreed!

Yes, can we please have this? We're not all using the CLI the same way others do. I'm using it mostly with voice from a remote client. So I despise this plan mode. It's no of no use to me. I just want to read and cant handle multiple choice there...

+1 - I have custom planning skills (brainstorming, design docs, cross-LLM audits) that replace native plan mode entirely. Auto-invocation of EnterPlanMode constantly interrupts my workflow. A settings.json toggle to disable it would be ideal.

I agree, I use Brainstorm, which also supports plan creation and more. When I see that plan mode and Brainstorm are activated at the same time, I have to write every time to get the model out of plan creation.

In addition, sometimes the tasks are so simple that creating a plan only prolongs the implementation time, and it often happens that plan mode activates itself.

Honestly plan mode is the bane of my existence. And for some reason it has the ability to turn it off an on.

If I'm multi-sessioning in my home folder then it overwrites plans from other sessions.

If there's a plan I've created that requires additional planning at different phases. It overwrites the original plan, and loses context of what it was doing.

And as much as I would love for claude to be the completely self-guided 100% reliable multi-swarm end-game agent, it's not there yet.

Plans should never be overwritten. They should be versioned and archived.

I have the following in my ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md:

## Clarify, Don't Plan

When a task is ambiguous or has multiple valid approaches, do NOT enter plan mode. Instead, use `AskUserQuestion` to clarify the specific points where the correct choice is unclear. Ask focused, minimal questions — only what's needed to proceed confidently. Then start implementing immediately after getting answers.

Only enter plan mode if the user explicitly asks for it.

+1, i went a few months without it being triggered naturally. something in the latest versions of claude code has now made plan mode trigger on almost every single change and it's highly disruptive / ruining the claude code experience given I have a separate planning process and skill.

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