Section 3 — Tools & Environment

    Permission mode

    The permissiongating slice of an agent mode — which tool calls trigger a permission request and which run automatically. The original purpose of mode systems before harnesses st...

    Matt Pocock
    Matt Pocock

    The permission-gating slice of an agent mode — which tool calls trigger a permission request and which run automatically. The original purpose of mode systems before harnesses started bundling behavioral instructions on top.

    Usage:

    "It paused on every grep — totally killed the AFK run."

    "Loosen the permission mode for read-only tools, keep prompting on writes and shell. Most permission requests on a research session are noise."

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