Proposal review
The product manager sees the original request next to the agent’s interpretation of it. They send corrections, inspect the revision that comes back, and authorize it when it says what the team meant.
About Pathmode
Built for the decision before the build.
Pathmode is the Intent Engineering platform for product teams building with AI. Product managers use it to review what a coding agent proposes to build, correct it, and authorize the exact revision the agent then implements.
The repo gets the decision. Pathmode keeps the evidence and judgment behind it.
“The agent shipped fast — then we spent the next week explaining the context it never got.”
PM, internal platform team
“The spec was technically correct, but it missed why users were struggling.”
Design Lead, B2B SaaS
“Support had the symptoms. Research had the cause. Product had a roadmap item nobody trusted.”
Founder, AI-native workflow tool
The problem
Evidence does not make the decision for you.
Friction, quotes, observations, and requests show what is happening. An agent can turn those signals into a proposal. Only a person can decide which problem matters, what outcome justifies the work, and which boundaries the implementation cannot cross.
Illustrative signals, representative of the evidence teams capture in Pathmode.
“The agent shipped fast — then we spent the next week explaining the context it never got.”
PM, internal platform team
“The spec was technically correct, but it missed why users were struggling.”
Design Lead, B2B SaaS
“Support had the symptoms. Research had the cause. Product had a roadmap item nobody trusted.”
Founder, AI-native workflow tool
What Pathmode does
intent.md beside the code
The authorized decision is saved in the repository as intent.md, in the open IntentSpec format. Any coding agent can read it before it changes code.
Free local tools
The Pathmode MCP server, CLI, and Claude Code plugin draft and read intent.md and run a deterministic preflight on it. They work without an account or API key.
Pre-merge review
With GitHub connected, Pathmode compares each pull request with the authorized intent and lists where they disagree. A person accepts, rejects, or waives each finding.
Evidence and review history
The workspace keeps the original request, private evidence, corrections, and implementation findings. When the build shows an assumption was wrong, that finding comes back for another decision.
What makes Pathmode different
It reviews what the agent proposes, not what someone typed
Coding agents already write the spec. Pathmode puts the product manager’s review on that proposal, where misreadings of the request actually show up.
A yes applies to one exact revision
Authorization is recorded against a specific revision of intent.md. If the agent edits the file afterwards, the authorization no longer matches. Guests can comment, but only a signed-in workspace member can authorize.
The decision stays in your repository
intent.md follows IntentSpec, an open standard published at intentspec.org. If you stop using Pathmode, the file and the decision in it stay with your code.
The repo workflow costs nothing
Drafting intent.md and running preflight are free and need no account. You pay only for connected workspace seats for people who edit or authorize.
Findings are advisory, and a person decides
Pathmode shows where the code and the authorized intent disagree. It does not decide whether the product decision was right. That judgment stays with the people who carry the consequences.
Comparing tools? See how Pathmode compares.
Who Pathmode is for
Pathmode is for teams where the person who decides what to build is not the person who runs the coding agent. That can be a team of two or a whole product team.
- A product manager or founder who decides what to build, working with one or more engineers who run Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex.
- Product managers who review agent work but do not operate the agent themselves.
- Teams where a product manager, a designer, and an engineering lead all weigh in before one of them authorizes the build.
- Engineering teams who want a reviewed product decision in the repository before the agent builds.
Who builds Pathmode
Janne Lammi
Founder & CEO
I built Patternry, a design-systems and UI-pattern library, under a different company. In 2026 I founded Pathmode Oy, after watching AI make implementation faster than teams could make, keep, and carry the product decisions behind it.
Where Pathmode came from
I started Pathmode as a workspace where product teams wrote specs for coding agents. Usage showed me a different workflow. The agents were already writing the specs. What people needed was a way to decide whether to stand behind what the agent proposed, so that is what Pathmode is built around now.
Pathmode is founder-led. When you email about a bug, a question, or a workflow you want to try, you are writing to me, the person who built it: janne@pathmode.io.
Pathmode Oy is based in Finland. I think good products come from judgment under evidence, not from producing more software faster.
How Pathmode works
A request for a Cancel plan button can become a proposal that ends paid access immediately. The code would work exactly as written and still miss what the team meant. Pathmode puts a person's review between the agent's proposal and the build.
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Write the request where you already do
A Linear or Jira ticket, a Notion page, a Slack message. Pathmode does not ask you to move the brief.
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The agent proposes the intent
The engineer gives the request to their coding agent. The agent reads the repository and proposes an intent.md, with the product questions it could not settle marked open.
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The product manager reviews and authorizes
They compare the proposal with the request, answer the open questions, send corrections, and authorize the revision that comes back.
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The agent builds from the authorized revision
The pull request is checked against that revision before merge. Anything the build contradicts comes back to the product manager.
Getting started
The local tools need no account. A Free connected workspace adds review and authorization and needs no credit card. See pricing.
Talking to us
Email hello@pathmode.io with questions, bugs, or a workflow you want to try. To reach the founder directly, write to janne@pathmode.io.
Key facts
- Company name
- Pathmode (Pathmode Oy)
- Type
- B2B software (SaaS)
- Category
- Intent Engineering
- Founded
- 2026
- Founder
- Janne Lammi, Founder & CEO
- Headquarters
- Finland
- Website
- pathmode.io
- Core offering
- Product review and authorization of coding-agent proposals before implementation
- Open standard
- IntentSpec, the format of intent.md
- Works with
- Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and other MCP clients
- Pricing
- Local tools and a Free connected workspace are free. Pro is $29 per editor seat per month ($24 billed yearly). Team is $49 per editor seat per month ($40 billed yearly), with a 5-seat minimum. Viewers and guest reviewers are free.
- Contract terms
- Monthly or yearly billing. Upgrade or downgrade any time.
- Contact
- hello@pathmode.io
Frequently asked questions
What is Pathmode?
Pathmode is the Intent Engineering platform for product teams building with AI. Product managers use it to review what a coding agent proposes to build, correct it, and authorize the exact revision the agent then implements.
Who makes Pathmode?
Pathmode Oy, a company based in Finland and founded in 2026. Its founder, Janne Lammi, leads it as Founder & CEO.
Is Pathmode the same company as Patternry?
No. Patternry was an earlier product by Pathmode’s founder, Janne Lammi, under a different company. Pathmode Oy is a new company, founded in 2026.
Does Pathmode write code?
No. Your coding agent writes the code. Pathmode is where a person reviews what the agent proposes to build and authorizes the revision it builds from.
Do I need a Pathmode account to use intent.md?
No. intent.md follows the open IntentSpec standard, and the local MCP server drafts, reads, and preflights it without an account or API key. A connected workspace adds product-manager review, corrections, and authorization.
What happens to my work if Pathmode stops?
Your authorized decisions are already in your repositories as intent.md files, in the open IntentSpec format, so your code and your agents keep them. The MCP server, CLI, and IntentSpec are MIT-licensed, and the local tools run without an account or Pathmode’s servers. Review history and private evidence live in the connected workspace, and you can ask for a complete machine-readable export of it at any time.
Does Pathmode replace Linear, Jira, or Notion?
No. You keep writing requests where you already do. Pathmode starts when a coding agent turns that request into a proposed change.
How much does Pathmode cost?
Local tools and a Free connected workspace are free. Pro is $29 per editor seat per month ($24 billed yearly). Team is $49 per editor seat per month ($40 billed yearly), with a 5-seat minimum. Viewers and guest reviewers are free.
See a product review in practice
Follow a request from the agent’s first proposal through a product-owner correction, the returned revision, and authorization before implementation.