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
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."
Share