fix(ai): switch defaultMode to bypassPermissions and reduce flicker

stephendolan · claude · stephendolan · commit 063f0a75bff3 · 2026-04-02T12:47:54.000-04:00
Auto mode requires a team plan; bypassPermissions works with the
existing allow/deny/ask rules. Add CLAUDE_CODE_NO_FLICKER env var.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) &lt;noreply@anthropic.com&gt;
diff --git a/ai/claude-settings.json b/ai/claude-settings.json
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
       "Bash(psql:-c TRUNCATE:*)"
     ],
     "ask": ["Bash(gh pr comment:*)"],
-    "defaultMode": "auto"
+    "defaultMode": "bypassPermissions"
   },
   "enableAllProjectMcpServers": true,
   "hooks": {
diff --git a/shell/zshenv b/shell/zshenv
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ path=(
   $path
 )
 
+# Claude Code
+export CLAUDE_CODE_NO_FLICKER=1
+
 # Ripgrep config path
 export RIPGREP_CONFIG_PATH=$HOME/.ripgreprc
 

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ path=(`
`32`	`32`	`$path`
`33`	`33`	`)`
`34`	`34`
	`35`	`+# Claude Code`
	`36`	`+export CLAUDE_CODE_NO_FLICKER=1`
	`37`	`+`
`35`	`38`	`# Ripgrep config path`
`36`	`39`	`export RIPGREP_CONFIG_PATH=$HOME/.ripgreprc`
`37`	`40`