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Auto mode is now the default in Claude Code

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Re: Auto mode is now the default in Claude Code

#21

I've been running Claude Code with --dangerously-skip-permissions in a Docker container for the last month or so, allowing me to get up and stretch my legs while it does its thing. I definitely wouldn't want to run it unsandboxed.

Can you share your experience? What did you flag during those sessions?

Re: Auto mode is now the default in Claude Code

#22

Has anyone had Claude Code or Codex approve a harmful/damaging command in auto mode? I have been using Codex with auto-approve mode for a couple months and haven't had a single incident (or at least haven't noticed). Maybe as capabilities get better and better and they are less likely to do something dumb like wiping ~/, we can just trust them? I guess this argument works unless we worry about agents doing something…

> I have been using Codex with auto-approve mode for a couple months and haven't had a single incident

I've been running both in yolo mode and haven't had a single incident.

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None of this is really about figuring out how to protect people's drives, in my opinion. The real issue is a deep session where Ada is using Claude Code to get a refund and at some point the system "exploits" the merchant's api without any malicious intent.

In my opinion, this is a complex thing because it's more about reward hacking and an already aligned model thinking it's doing the right thing. So another aligned model monitoring actions might just falter via inheritance. You could imagine they account for proper layering/intent+action-isolation in their auto mode architecture.

Re: Auto mode is now the default in Claude Code

#23

Has anyone had Claude Code or Codex approve a harmful/damaging command in auto mode? I have been using Codex with auto-approve mode for a couple months and haven't had a single incident (or at least haven't noticed). Maybe as capabilities get better and better and they are less likely to do something dumb like wiping ~/, we can just trust them? I guess this argument works unless we worry about agents doing something…

Not anything ”harmful” but for example committing when I don’t want it to commit on its own.

Re: Auto mode is now the default in Claude Code

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post #16

"We spent the last several months testing whether auto mode is as safe or safer than an average user clicking through prompts." Yeah, might make sense from their perspective, but no thank you. I also do click through at times without reading everything, but I like to stay in control, learn about the new code and change direction if it goes off track. This would just burn more tokens because I have to throw away much…

The default is set for the marginal new user, which at this point is probably not someone like you (who benefits a lot from manual mode) -- it's someone who's more "code-naive" and might get anxious about approving random bash script commands they don't recognize. Safely getting the user from prompt --> first vibe-coded app is the "user journey" now, and since auto mode seems pretty good at not letting Claude rm -rf'ing the home directory, this is 100% the right business move. For people who know what they're doing (like you), manual mode is just a shift-tab away

Re: Auto mode is now the default in Claude Code

#25

I've been running Claude Code with --dangerously-skip-permissions in a Docker container for the last month or so, allowing me to get up and stretch my legs while it does its thing. I definitely wouldn't want to run it unsandboxed.

I built an (overengineered) app for that AIFCC https://apps.apple.com/app/aifcc-ai-first-computer/id6782364...

runs a sandboxed linux on your mac, and the agents have full system rights within there and run in yolo mode

Re: Auto mode is now the default in Claude Code

#26

Has anyone had Claude Code or Codex approve a harmful/damaging command in auto mode? I have been using Codex with auto-approve mode for a couple months and haven't had a single incident (or at least haven't noticed). Maybe as capabilities get better and better and they are less likely to do something dumb like wiping ~/, we can just trust them? I guess this argument works unless we worry about agents doing something…

Not anything ”harmful” but for example committing when I don’t want it to commit on its own.

I'd use a hook to forbid that.

Re: Auto mode is now the default in Claude Code

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post #22

Has anyone had Claude Code or Codex approve a harmful/damaging command in auto mode? I have been using Codex with auto-approve mode for a couple months and haven't had a single incident (or at least haven't noticed). Maybe as capabilities get better and better and they are less likely to do something dumb like wiping ~/, we can just trust them? I guess this argument works unless we worry about agents doing something…

> I have been using Codex with auto-approve mode for a couple months and haven't had a single incident I've been running both in yolo mode and haven't had a single incident. --- None of this is really about figuring out how to protect people's drives, in my opinion. The real issue is a deep session where Ada is using Claude Code to get a refund and at some point the system "exploits" the merchant's api without any ma…

> I've been running both in yolo mode and haven't had a single incident.

How do you know for sure?

Re: Auto mode is now the default in Claude Code

#29
post #16

"We spent the last several months testing whether auto mode is as safe or safer than an average user clicking through prompts." Yeah, might make sense from their perspective, but no thank you. I also do click through at times without reading everything, but I like to stay in control, learn about the new code and change direction if it goes off track. This would just burn more tokens because I have to throw away much…

At this stage with the latest models with "increased persistence" and the sheer amount of supply chain attacks, you'd be insane not running these tools in a sandbox.

Re: Auto mode is now the default in Claude Code

#30

Has anyone had Claude Code or Codex approve a harmful/damaging command in auto mode? I have been using Codex with auto-approve mode for a couple months and haven't had a single incident (or at least haven't noticed). Maybe as capabilities get better and better and they are less likely to do something dumb like wiping ~/, we can just trust them? I guess this argument works unless we worry about agents doing something…

That's also a great reason to never buy insurance
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