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title: "Mode Knowledge Base Article | ThreatConnect"
slug: "mode"
description: "This article describes the modes available on the Playbook Designer screen: Design Mode: Interactive Mode, and Active."
updated: 2022-08-29T13:57:11Z
published: 2022-08-29T13:57:11Z
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://knowledge.threatconnect.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Mode

The **Playbook Designer** operates in three modes: **Design Mode**, **Interactive Mode**, and **Active.**The mode selector is located at the upper-right corner of the **Playbook Designer**. The mode of a Playbook can be changed by hovering the cursor over the current mode and selecting a different mode from the menu that is displayed (Figure 1).

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- **Design Mode**: Playbooks are designed, created, edited, and configured in this mode.
- **Interactive Mode**: In this mode, an interactive session allows you to step through each Trigger and App in the Playbook, viewing information about its variables and execution details. This feature is useful for building and debugging Playbooks. See [*Interactive Playbooks*](/v1/docs/interactive-playbooks) for more information.
- **Active**: This mode is used when a Playbook has been completely designed and configured with no validation issues. When Playbooks are active, they are available for execution in an Organization.

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