Pattern
Plan mode and approval workflows
Separate deciding from doing by running Claude Code in a read-only plan mode: the agent investigates and proposes a plan, a human reviews and approves it, and only then does execution begin — so consequential work is inspected before any file is touched.
Classification — A read-only planning phase gated by human approval before execution.
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