Plan mode is a way to agree on the approach before Oda changes anything: Oda explores the task first, presents its plan for your review, and carries the plan out only after you approve. Use it for larger tasks, where the approach matters more than speed.
/, or choose Plan from the Command menu (the + menu in the message box). Commands are listed in Chat with Oda./. Any text after / passes to Oda as the task; a bare / simply turns the mode on.Plan mode on. While a step is already running, it applies from the next step: Entering plan mode (applies from the next step).While plan mode is on, a Plan chip shows in the message box, and the hint there invites you to describe your task so Oda can draft the plan.
With plan mode on, Oda explores first, then presents its plan for review in the chat. The plan appears as a Plan review card, and takes its title from the plan's first heading (or Plan when it has none). The review asks one question: Approve this plan and leave plan mode?
Plan approved - plan mode exited; carry out the plan starting with your next step.The user chose to keep planning; revise the plan and present it again., or The user chose to keep planning; their feedback: <feedback> when you add your words.The user dismissed the plan review to speak instead; stay in plan mode, stop here, and wait for their message.To approve, choose Approve itself: approving takes exactly that choice and no written answer. Reading the full plan, and the card's other controls, are covered in Plan review and questions.
/. The chip's icon becomes a cross when you point at it, showing that pressing it turns the mode off.Plan mode off. when Oda is idle, and Leaving plan mode (applies from the next step). while a step is running./ also cancels an entry that has not taken effect yet: Plan mode entry cancelled. When the mode is already off, the chat answers Plan mode is already inactive./ refuses attachments and the mode does not change: Attachments cannot accompany /Failed to exit plan mode; point at the message to read the reason, and try the chip or the command again. The chip stays until the chat confirms the change, and while the exit runs, a second click does nothing./ works at any time, including when no plan review appears./.Type / in the message box, or choose Plan from the Command menu. Add your request after it (/) so Oda starts with the task, or run it bare and describe the task in your next message. Attachments are allowed with the entry, and the chat confirms the switch.
Click the Plan chip in the message box, or type /. You can leave this way at any time, including when no plan review appears. If an entry has not taken effect yet, / cancels it, and the chat answers Plan mode entry cancelled.
Choose Keep planning in the review: Oda stays in plan mode, takes your feedback, and presents a revised plan. If you close the review to type instead, Oda also stays in plan mode and waits for your message.
No. Plan mode is guidance, not a lock: every tool stays available. What Oda may change without asking you is set by the chat's access mode and its approval prompts; see Command sandboxing and approvals.
When Oda is idle, the change is immediate. While a step is running, it applies from the next step, and the chat says so in its confirmation.
Nothing is approved: the review waits, and Oda stays in plan mode until you answer it or write a message. Closing the review to type does not approve the plan.
Attachments are allowed when you enter plan mode. They are refused with /, and the mode does not change: Attachments cannot accompany /
No. There is no plan option when a chat is created; open the chat and run /.
Yes. The mode is part of the chat: it survives a restart, and it reads the same in every tab.
No. A helper that is still running cannot open a plan review card for you.