The six chat modes

The mode decides what the agent may do. This is the most important thing to understand about the product, because it is the difference between a question and a change to your repository.

Read-only modes

Ask

Answers questions about the codebase. Never writes.

Analyze

Produces a structured architecture report. Never writes.

Plan

Writes a plan and stops. No file changes.

Writing modes

Agent

Edits files and runs commands. Every change is a diff you approve.

Architect

Same, tuned for changes spanning many files at once.

Debug

Drives the debugger from chat — breakpoints, stepping, variables.

A workflow that works

1. 01Analyze to understand what exists.
2. 02Plan to agree on the approach before any code moves.
3. 03Agent or Architect to execute it.
4. 04Run the tests, and let the agent fix what it broke.

Architect is on a 14-day trial and then part of the Pro plan. Agent, Plan, Ask, Analyze, and Debug are free forever on local models.