Claude Code: Starting August 14, auto mode will be the default permission mode
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Re: Claude Code: Starting August 14, auto mode will be the default permission mode
#2It will require more attention to settings.local.json :)
Re: Claude Code: Starting August 14, auto mode will be the default permission mode
#3Re: Claude Code: Starting August 14, auto mode will be the default permission mode
#4https://xcancel.com/ClaudeDevs/status/2085794862608318627
Announcement post is https://claude.com/blog/auto-mode-default-in-claude-code, link should probably point there instead of the tweet.
Re: Claude Code: Starting August 14, auto mode will be the default permission mode
#5Doesn't auto mode also auto-accept code changes? Assuming their data is good, I'd be fine trying an auto mode for permission prompts (as the article says, I do eventually get prompt fatigue and stop examining them too deeply). But I absolutely don't want it changing code without my permission.
Re: Claude Code: Starting August 14, auto mode will be the default permission mode
#6"Auto mode runs a classifier on every tool call, which uses a small number of extra tokens.
As of today, that classifier overhead no longer counts toward your usage limits on Pro, Max, and Team plans. This change will come to Enterprise plans and API users once auto mode is the default for those users, too"
That seems like a good change if making this the default.
Re: Claude Code: Starting August 14, auto mode will be the default permission mode
#7Great. Can we have thought traces back?
Re: Claude Code: Starting August 14, auto mode will be the default permission mode
#8Doesn't auto mode also auto-accept code changes? Assuming their data is good, I'd be fine trying an auto mode for permission prompts (as the article says, I do eventually get prompt fatigue and stop examining them too deeply). But I absolutely don't want it changing code without my permission.
It will indeed change code. It will also happily do stuff like write into your user's SSH config and leave you with permanently broken SSH until you find and fix it.
Re: Claude Code: Starting August 14, auto mode will be the default permission mode
#9Doesn't auto mode also auto-accept code changes? Assuming their data is good, I'd be fine trying an auto mode for permission prompts (as the article says, I do eventually get prompt fatigue and stop examining them too deeply). But I absolutely don't want it changing code without my permission.
Most users of coding agents do want the agent to edit their code, and don't want to have to click something before every edit. If you want something different, that's why it's a setting.
Re: Claude Code: Starting August 14, auto mode will be the default permission mode
#10Hmmmm. OK.
So yesterday I was accepting all these prompts in the manual mode for a solid hour, then I switched to Auto. Side project, nothing critical (creating ComfyUI workflows with CC and Opus). Walked away from the puter, got notified it was done. It did a good job, and by sheer luck it didn't delete a database or format my drive. But I felt a bit uneasy. Can we trust them now? I don't think I'd switch to Auto for a professional project. Not a chance. But for side projects? Yeah maybe - and only once I'd have validated whatever plan mode had come up with. Setting Auto as default? That's not cool. I'd set Plan mode as default.
Had a conversation with a friend who's struggling with code, and recently got into AI tools. The one thing that kept him from using Claude Code? Auto mode. My friend was convinced it didn't ask permission before touching his codebase by default.
Anthropic: careful. We the people trust Claude Code more than some other harness precisely because it asks you before doing anything. If you go full auto, there will be collateral damage. And yeah, I know, you can roll back. But some newcomers aren't familiar with that kind of stuff. Don't do it bro. Let us switch to Auto when we feel safe.