Comment by sunaookami

I've always just used the "Plan mode" in Claude Code, I don't know if it uses thinking? I have "MAX_THINKING_TOKENS" in my settings.json set to "0", too. Didn't notice a drop in performance, I find it better because it doesn't overthink ("wait, let me try..."). Likely depends on a case-by-case basis (as so often with AI). For me, it's better without thinking.