I love it when a plan comes together A quote by Colonel John “Hannibal” Smith, the cigar-chomping leader of The A-Team , a hit 1980s TV series and one of my childhood memories. The lesson to be learned from Hannibal, is that planning is important to succeed. With the newly introduced ‘Planning mode’, planning also finds its place in our AI assisted development workflows inside Visual Studio. What is Planning Mode? Planning mode extends GitHub Copilot's Agent Mode capabilities to handle larger, multi-step coding tasks with a structured approach. Instead of jumping straight into code generation, Planning mode creates a detailed execution plan that includes: A clear breakdown of tasks to be completed Files that need to be edited Context about the approach Copilot will take Checkpoints for transparency and control These plans are stored as Markdown files with task lists, giving you complete visibility into what Copilot intends to do before it starts mak...