What is the primary difference in tool usage between Plan Mode and Direct Execution in Claude Code?

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B. Plan Mode restricts Claude to using only read-only tools to analyze the codebase before executing.

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A. Plan Mode uses Write and Edit heavily to scaffold boilerplate code.

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C. Plan Mode completely disables all tool usage until the user explicitly permits it.

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D. Plan Mode automatically switches to a higher-tier model with larger tool capabilities.

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