Plan Mode Protocol
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title: Plan Mode Protocol
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## When to use
Before executing any non-trivial task in Claude Code or Cursor. Forces the AI to plan before touching code , the single habit that prevents the most regressions.
## Promptwhen to use it
Community prompt sourced from the open-source GitHub repo dotsystemsdevs/vibe-prompt (MIT). A "Plan Mode Protocol" style prompt — adapt the placeholders and specifics to your task. Imported as-is and not independently retested here, so check the output before relying on it.
tags
productivitycommunitydeveloper
source
dotsystemsdevs/vibe-prompt · MIT
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