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The Planner agent runs before any active testing begins. It receives your objective, gathers context, and produces a structured execution plan that other agents follow. Nothing is executed until the plan is ready and, in Thorough mode, until you have had a chance to review it.

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What it does

  • Intelligence gathering: spawns up to three Explore agents in parallel to research the target before planning begins
  • Plan creation and editing: produces a structured, step-by-step execution plan scoped to your objective and project context
  • Workflow template discovery: surfaces relevant prompt library templates to guide the plan
  • Scope awareness: reads project settings, prior task results, and uploaded files to inform the plan
  • Browser delegation: spawns Browser agent when visual or interactive reconnaissance is needed during planning

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How it fits in

Planner is the first agent to run in Thorough mode. It is strictly information-gathering only: it does not run scans, exploit anything, or produce findings. Its output is a plan that the orchestrator hands to the appropriate testing agents to execute. In Fast mode, Planner is skipped entirely and Neo dispatches agents directly.