Claude Code will soon default to auto mode for Pro, Max, and Team plans, facilitating extended autonomous work and improving command safety.

Starting August 14, new sessions on these plans will automatically use auto mode, with a prompt for users who have set a different default. The auto mode classifier, which uses a few extra tokens per tool call, is now free of charge for these plans. Auto mode remains optional for Enterprise, API, and cloud platforms, with plans to make it the default soon. In tests, auto mode matched or exceeded the safety of manual reviews.

Source: claude.com