The Two-Voice Workflow: Plan Mode for Your Problems, Edit Mode for Claude's #82
Description
Enhanced Blog Post Prompt
Original Idea
The Two-Voice Workflow: Plan Mode for Your Problems, Edit Mode for Claude's
Something i'm trying.
Target Audience
fellow claude users.
Key Learning Objectives
- remember its been trained on all of human knowledge, ask for its input.
Technical Scope
- Claude Code Specifics: Plan mode vs edit mode mechanics and purposes
- Depth: Just something i'm trying, not a deep dive
- NO Examples
Author's Experience Context
Tonight's Breakthrough:
While talking with your twin brother, you had an epiphany. You'd been stuck on a problem for an hour, trying to direct Claude to solve it the way you thought it should be done. Once you asked Claude what it would do, it immediately suggested a sklearn solution. You both realized you'd been misusing Claude - trying to direct it instead of asking for its approach. It's trained on all of human knowledge, so why not leverage that? But how to make this a habit? You already use plan mode, but needed a simple rule. Here's what you came up with: In edit mode, tell Claude your problems. In plan mode, tell Claude its problems.
Now if only you could get Claude to be less wordy...