claude/beginner

Permissions & settings

Permission modes (Normal, Auto-Accept, Plan), settings files, and how to control what Claude can do without asking.

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Permission Modes

Mode	Behavior
Normal	Prompts for each tool use
Auto-Accept	Automatically approves tool calls
Plan Mode	Claude plans but does not execute changes

Toggle with Shift+Tab.

Settings Files

File	Scope
`~/.claude/settings.json`	User-global settings
`.claude/settings.json`	Project settings (commit to repo)
`.claude/settings.local.json`	Project-local settings (not shared)

Permission Rules

{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "Bash(npm run *)",
      "Bash(git log *)",
      "mcp__server__tool_name"
    ],
    "deny": [
      "Bash(rm -rf *)"
    ]
  }
}

Wildcards (*) match any characters. A trailing * (space + asterisk) enforces a word boundary.

Disable commit/PR attribution

By default, Claude Code adds “Co-Authored-By” trailers to commits and attribution footers to PRs. To disable this:

{
  "attribution": {
    "commit": "",
    "pr": ""
  }
}

Add this to ~/.claude/settings.json to apply globally.

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