Choose a permission mode

 
     A mode you pick in the mode selector is remembered per folder and takes precedence over `defaultMode` for that folder. Plan is the exception: picking it applies to the current session only.
 
-    This example sets Plan mode as the default for new local sessions:
-
-    ```json theme={null}
-    {
-      "permissions": {
-        "defaultMode": "plan"
-      }
-    }
-    ```
+    For where `defaultMode` goes in a settings file, see the example under [Start in a different permission mode](#start-in-a-different-mode).
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 ### Set plan mode as the default
 
-To make plan mode the default for a project's terminal sessions, set `defaultMode` in `.claude/settings.json`. Conversations the [VS Code extension](/docs/en/vs-code) starts don't read project settings for the starting permission mode. There, set `claudeCode.initialPermissionMode` to `plan` in your VS Code user settings instead. This example sets the project default:
-
-```json theme={null}
-{
-  "permissions": {
-    "defaultMode": "plan"
-  }
-}
-```
+To make plan mode the default for a project's terminal sessions, set `defaultMode` to `plan` in `.claude/settings.json`, placed as the example under [Start in a different permission mode](#start-in-a-different-mode) shows. Conversations the [VS Code extension](/docs/en/vs-code) starts don't read project settings for the starting permission mode. There, set `claudeCode.initialPermissionMode` to `plan` in your VS Code user settings instead.
 
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   Eliminate permission prompts with auto mode