{"version":"2.1.207","anchor":"auto-mode-setup-project-settings-local-json-audit","canonical_anchor":"auto-mode-setup-project-settings-local-json-audit","heading":"\/auto-mode-setup: project settings.local.json Audit","tier":null,"area":null,"scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.207\/e\/auto-mode-setup-project-settings-local-json-audit","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.207","markdown":"### \/auto-mode-setup: project settings.local.json Audit\n\nThe `\/auto-mode-setup` recon now reads and reports `autoMode` keys from the project's `.claude\/settings.local.json`, subject to strict security checks: the file must be a regular file (not a symlink) with link count 1 inside a real `.claude` directory. The output also notes whether the file is tracked in git (`yes \u2014 repo-authored` vs `no \u2014 but untracked does not prove user-authored`).\n\n**Evidence**\n\nLocal settings autoMode reader (search for `\"Project \\`.claude\/settings.local.json\\` \u2014 autoMode keys\"` and `\"Tracked in git\"`)"}