Never let Claude jump straight into code — the Explore → Plan → Code → Commit workflow
4/30/2026 3 min read Claude CodeAI-driven developmentworkflowprompt engineering +1
The Claude Code official best practices recommend a four-stage workflow: Explore, Plan, Code, Commit. Here's why skipping Plan Mode produces 'correct solutions to the wrong problem', and how the discipline has saved me hours in practice.