Build, Ask and Plan: the three modes

The box you type into has three modes. The mode you are in changes what PlugThis does with what you type, and the placeholder text tells you which one you are in.

Build

The default, and where most of the work happens. You describe a change and PlugThis makes it.

The placeholder reads "Ask me to make changes". Anything you type here edits the extension you are working on. You can paste an image with Ctrl+V, and PlugThis will read it, which is how you get colours and layout pulled from a screenshot of a design you like.

Ask

For questions rather than changes. Nothing gets edited.

The placeholder reads "Ask about Chrome extensions". Use it when you want to understand something before committing to it, whether a permission is really needed, why a file is written the way it is, or whether the thing you have in mind is possible.

Plan

For thinking a build through before any code is written.

The placeholder reads "Describe your extension to create a plan". You describe what you want and get a plan back rather than an extension. Useful at the start of something with several parts to it, or when you are not yet sure what you are asking for.

Which to use

Start in Plan if the extension is complicated and you want to agree the shape of it first. Otherwise Build is the right default. Switch to Ask any time you want an answer rather than an edit.

Changing mode does not lose anything. The conversation and the extension stay exactly as they were.