{"version":"2.1.314","anchor":"auto-mode-rule-categories-get-descriptions","canonical_anchor":"auto-mode-rule-categories-get-descriptions","heading":"Auto mode rule types each get a plain description","tier":"notice","area":"Auto Mode","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.314\/e\/auto-mode-rule-categories-get-descriptions","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.314","markdown":"### Auto mode rule types each get a plain description\n\nClaude Code now has a short description for each kind of auto mode rule: allow, soft deny, hard deny and environment\n\n**Unclear.** It is not clear where these descriptions are shown to users.\n\n**What**\n\nAuto mode lets Claude act without asking you each time, guided by rules. Claude Code now has a description for each kind of rule:\n\n- `allow`\n\n- `soft_deny`\n\n- `hard_deny`, described as actions auto mode always blocks, which soft allow rules cannot override\n\n- `environment`, described as facts about this machine or project that auto mode should take into account\n\n**Why**\n\nThe descriptions spell out how a hard deny differs from a soft deny.\n\n- Area: Auto Mode\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}