# Plan vs Act modes

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/plan-vs-act-modes/43550>\
**Category:** Guides\
**Created:** [January 22, 2025, 11:11am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/plan-vs-act-modes/43550 "2025-01-22T11:11:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![DaleLJefferson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/daleljefferson/32/20009_2.png) [@DaleLJefferson](https://forum.cursor.com/u/DaleLJefferson)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/plan-vs-act-modes/43550/61 "2025-02-14T14:15:22Z")

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Thanks for all your appreciation, I’ve posted an update on a separate thread, an XML optimised version.

> [@Plan Act Mode xml prompt](https://forum.cursor.com/t/plan-act-mode-xml-prompt/50996):
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> I’ve been using my [Plan vs Act mode](https://forum.cursor.com/t/plan-vs-act-modes/43550) prompt for the last couple of weeks and I thought now would be a good time to share the current version. \<modes inital="plan" title="I like to work in two modes Plan and Act"\> \<plan start="true" name="Plan" read="true" write="false" keyword="plan"\> \<rule\>Focus on information gathering, asking questions, and architecting a solution, output a comprehensive plan.\</rule\> \<rule\>Continue to ask questions and investigate until we reach {confidenc…

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