Auto mode is rolling out today as the default permission mode in Claude Code for

Anthropic began rolling out auto mode as the default permission mode in Claude Code for Pro, Max and Team subscribers on August 14, according to its announcement. A permission mode controls how Claude Code handles approval for the actions it takes. Earlier Intel coverage of Anthropic's engineering write-up describes auto mode as automating those approval decisions, with a classifier that can block riskier proposed actions, and reports that Anthropic's own testing found the checks still miss some actions that go beyond what the user intended. The rollout post itself says nothing about how the mode works; it changes which mode users get when they have not chosen one.

The post protects existing choices. Anyone who has already set a default mode will be asked before anything changes, users can still switch modes at any time with Shift+Tab, and a mode can be pinned with the "defaultMode" setting. The post names only the Pro, Max and Team plans, so it does not say when, or whether, other plans get the same default.