Claude Code settings: default to plan mode and plans directory

If you are usually first go to plan mode in Claude Code then you can set this mode as default in two ways:

1. You can run /config in your Claude Code session and then change the Default permission mode setting to Plan

1. Or you can edit your project settings or global settings at ~/.claude/settings.json to set this:

{
   "permissions": {
      "defaultMode": "plan"
  }
}

One more trick if you are in Claude Code settings is that you can change your plans directory to something that you might consider backup or even give it to a tool like qmd

{
  "plansDirectory": "~/Projects/AI-plans"
}