You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
3Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Auto ModeArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.288,
ImprovementsSection of the release
What
Auto mode lets Claude act without asking you for each step, using a classifier (an automatic safety check) to decide. Two cases now work differently:
Claude in Chrome: when a new option is set, the classifier is skipped. The action is allowed if a grant rule covers it, and otherwise you are asked.
Read-only calls: when the server-side classifier skipped a call because it only reads, the tool's own permission check is bypassed and the call is allowed.
Why
This changes which permission prompts you see in auto mode, especially when using Claude in Chrome.
How sure we are
Something disagreesSomething we can check disagrees with this entry, or the writer said they could not settle it.
The writer flagged doubtIt is not clear what turns on the option that skips the classifier for Claude in Chrome.
