USE CLAUDE CODE PLAN MODE WITH AN “INTERVIEW” PROMPT TO SCOPE BIG FEATURES
A recent demo shows a simple trick: in Claude Code’s Plan Mode, ask the model to interview you about a large feature request before planning. The Q&A captures m...
A recent demo shows a simple trick: in Claude Code’s Plan Mode, ask the model to interview you about a large feature request before planning. The Q&A captures missing requirements and converts them into a concrete, stepwise plan/spec that you can refine and execute.
This gives a fast, structured way to surface unknowns in cross-service or multi-file changes.
It can reduce rework by clarifying dependencies, interfaces, and edge cases up front.
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Run Plan Mode with an interview-style prompt on an upcoming API/ETL change and compare the plan against your team’s spec for missed requirements.
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Check whether the generated plan covers migrations, deployment steps, rollback, and observability, and measure gaps you need to template.
Legacy codebase integration strategies...
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Use this as a pre-PR planning step in a branch and gate any code edits behind reviews to avoid unintended changes in legacy areas.
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Map the plan output to existing ADRs, runbooks, and data contracts, and add a prompt snippet to flag risky modules and secrets.
Fresh architecture paradigms...
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Standardize an interview-style Plan Mode template for feature requests and commit the generated spec to the repo alongside tickets.
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Bias toward plan-first flows that define APIs, schemas, and test criteria before code generation.
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