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Allow inline annotations on plans

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Description

Problem

When reviewing a generated plan, requesting changes requires restating the step and surrounding context in chat. This is verbose and error-prone.

Proposal

Allow users to select plan text or a plan step and attach an inline annotation. When submitted, annotations should be sent to the agent anchored to the exact plan location.

Desired UX
  • Add comments directly to a line, selection, or step.
  • Collect multiple annotations before requesting a revision.
  • Preserve annotations across plan revisions, marking anchors stale when needed.
  • Show which annotations were addressed and which remain unresolved.
Benefit

This would make plan iteration faster and more precise, without requiring users to retype context.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by tracing the generated plan review flow and how revision requests are sent to the agent. Map the entry points for selecting plan text or steps, submitting multiple annotations, and rendering revised plans. Done means annotations can be anchored, preserved or marked stale across revisions, and shown as addressed or unresolved.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
shell
Domain
cli, developer-experience
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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