AI dictionary

Goal Mode

An emerging coding-agent workflow where a persistent objective stays active across progress checks, continuation, pause, and resume.

Plain English

Instead of asking once, you pin the outcome the agent should keep pursuing until it finishes or hits a stop rule.

Example

A developer starts `/goal reduce bundle size by 20% and verify with build output`, then lets the coding agent continue until it can prove the result.

Why it matters

Goal-style commands turn agent work from a chat request into a bounded task contract with acceptance criteria.