Dangerously Skip Permissions

ELI5 — The Vibe Check

Dangerously skip permissions is the nuclear option — bypassing all AI confirmation gates. Named "dangerously" because the devs meant it. Your AI agent will write files, run shell commands, make network requests, and delete things without asking once. It's maximum velocity, minimum guard rails. Like giving your intern root access and leaving for the weekend. Occasionally brilliant. Occasionally catastrophic.

Real Talk

In Claude Code, --dangerously-skip-permissions (or the equivalent config flag) disables all permission prompts and auto-approves every action the agent takes. It's designed for sandboxed CI environments where human-in-the-loop confirmation is impossible. Running it locally on a real project is technically possible and spiritually inadvisable. The flag's name is intentional UX design — a speed bump to make you pause before flooring it.

When You'll Hear This

"CI runs with dangerously-skip-permissions — it needs to just execute." / "You used dangerously-skip-permissions on your home directory? Bold strategy."