Plan mode: no way to switch plans or re-enter planning after exit

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Apr 15, 2026 by chipzz Closed Apr 18, 2026

Problem

Once ExitPlanMode is called and execution starts, there's no user-accessible way to:

  • Re-enter plan mode to revise the approved plan if the work reveals the plan was wrong.
  • Switch to a different plan (e.g. load a plan saved previously under ~/.claude/plans/ into the current session's plan slot).
  • View an older plan file in the plan UI — Read-ing the .md file just dumps its contents to the transcript.

The practical consequence: plans are single-use and tied to the moment of approval. If the user has a library of plan files from past sessions, there's no way to pick one up again with the same UI affordances.

Suggestion

  • A way to re-enter plan mode mid-session (slash command or UI action) that writes the current plan file's contents back as the editable draft.
  • A plan picker that can load any .md under the plans directory into the plan UI for viewing/re-approval.
  • Optional: allow the model to propose plan revisions during execution, which would surface through the same UI.

Environment

Claude Code, current version.

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