---
title: "VS Code Planning mode"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/vs-code-planning-mode-5bmo3uh8q
source_url: https://bartwullems.blogspot.com/2025/11/vs-code-planning-mode.html
type: article
source: "The Art of Simplicity"
published: 2025-11-25T07:41:27.184Z
updated: 2025-11-25T07:41:49.541Z
tags: ["ai", "devtools", "github", "vscode"]
reading_time: 1
upvotes: 105
comments: 9
language: en
---

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# VS Code Planning mode

**[The Art of Simplicity](https://daily.dev/sources/bartwullems)** · 1 min read · 105 upvotes · 9 comments

## Summary

VS Code now includes Planning mode (also called 'Hannibal mode'), which extends GitHub Copilot's Agent Mode to handle multi-step coding tasks with a structured approach. Unlike Visual Studio's implementation, VS Code offers Planning mode as a separate chat agent, giving developers explicit control over when it's activated. The feature creates detailed execution plans before generating code, allows plan editing, and includes follow-up questions to refine the approach before implementation begins.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@ezpie** · 5 upvotes

> because I'm also a history and warfare nerd, that hannibal mention is enough to make me stop making fun of Vscode for a whole month.

**@realedge** · 2 upvotes

> ive tried switching to anti-gravity but now with this i know its better planning mode is always the best step to be a productive programmer

**@a\_meb\_a** · 2 upvotes

> yeah, code rotting

**@deepjoshi\_dev** · 1 upvotes

> Will try it.

**@ketreise** · 1 upvotes

> I would really consider to not use Copilot at all..
>
> When i made the switch over to Claude Code in the CLI, it was a literal game changer. It's WAY ahead, just try it out yourselves.

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