Choose a permission mode
Control whether Claude asks before acting. Switch permission modes with Shift+Tab in the CLI, the mode indicator in VS Code, or the mode selector in Desktop.
A permission mode sets which actions Claude can take in a session without asking you first. In Manual mode, Claude Code stops and asks you before most actions that edit files, run shell commands, or reach the network. In auto mode, a second model, the classifier, reviews actions instead of you; how the classifier evaluates actions lists which actions it reviews and which skip it.
On Pro, Max, and Team plans, the built-in starting permission mode is auto mode. Which mode a session starts in covers the surfaces and settings that change the starting permission mode. You can also change a running session's permission mode at any time.