# Modes, CADABRA documentation

> Ask, Plan, Agent, Drawings and Debug. What each one does, which can modify the open document, and what unlocks them.

URL: https://cadabrai.com/docs/modes/
Updated: 2026-08-15

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- [Getting started](https://cadabrai.com/docs/getting-started/) [Install](https://cadabrai.com/docs/getting-started/install/)
- [Your First Prompt](https://cadabrai.com/docs/getting-started/first-prompt/)
- [How It Works](https://cadabrai.com/docs/getting-started/how-it-works/)

- [All Five Modes](https://cadabrai.com/docs/modes/all-modes/)
- [Agent Mode](https://cadabrai.com/docs/modes/agent-mode/)
- [Ask Mode](https://cadabrai.com/docs/modes/ask-mode/)
- [Drawings Mode](https://cadabrai.com/docs/modes/drawings-mode/)

- [Writing Prompts](https://cadabrai.com/docs/prompts/writing-prompts/)
- [Prompt Library](https://cadabrai.com/docs/prompts/prompt-library/)

- [Drawing Standards](https://cadabrai.com/docs/standards/drawing-standards/)
- [Components and Fasteners](https://cadabrai.com/docs/standards/libraries-and-plm/)

- [Plans and Limits](https://cadabrai.com/docs/account/plans-and-limits/)
- [Preferences](https://cadabrai.com/docs/account/preferences/)
- [Billing](https://cadabrai.com/docs/account/billing/)

- [Data Handling](https://cadabrai.com/docs/security/data-handling/)

- [CADABRA Issues](https://cadabrai.com/docs/troubleshooting/cadabra-issues/)
- [SOLIDWORKS Errors](https://cadabrai.com/docs/troubleshooting/solidworks-errors/)

# Modes

CADABRA has five modes. Two can change your model and three cannot, and the mode you are in is the safety boundary.

## In this section

- [All Five Modes Which modes mutate, which are read-only, and what unlocks them.](https://cadabrai.com/docs/modes/all-modes/)
- [Agent Mode Edits the model. Review is on by default.](https://cadabrai.com/docs/modes/agent-mode/)
- [Ask Mode Answers questions. Cannot modify anything.](https://cadabrai.com/docs/modes/ask-mode/)
- [Drawings Mode Views, dimensions, callouts, BOM, title block, export.](https://cadabrai.com/docs/modes/drawings-mode/)

## Where to start

Start with [the five modes](https://cadabrai.com/docs/modes/all-modes/) for the whole picture. Then: [Ask](https://cadabrai.com/docs/modes/ask-mode/) to know something, [Agent](https://cadabrai.com/docs/modes/agent-mode/) to change something, [Drawings](https://cadabrai.com/docs/modes/drawings-mode/) to document something.

On this page

- [In this section](#pages)
- [Where to start](#start-here)