Claude Code Auto Mode: How to Make "Don't Push" Stick (Boundaries and Deny Rules)
Auto mode runs a second model that reviews every action before it runs. What it blocks, how saying "don't push" becomes a block, and the deny rule that keeps it blocked after compaction
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Since Claude Code v2.1.283, auto mode is the starting permission mode in the terminal and VS Code. Instead of asking you, a separate classifier model reviews each action before it runs.
What the classifier blocks
- Anything that escalates beyond what you asked for.
- Anything that targets infrastructure it doesn't recognize.
- Anything that looks driven by hostile content Claude read, like a web page telling it to run a command.
- Explicit ask rules in your settings still force a prompt.
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