Anthropic says auto mode will be the default in Claude Code for Pro, Max, Team plans, starting on Aug. 14, claiming it's good enough at catching harmful actions (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)
Anthropic is making Claude Code’s auto mode the default for paid plans, signaling higher confidence in autonomous coding safeguards.
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<p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260808/p10#a260808p10" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Simon Willison / <a href="http://simonwillison.net/">Simon Willison's Weblog</a>:<br />
<span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/8/auto-mode/">Anthropic says auto mode will be the default in Claude Code for Pro, Max, Team plans, starting on Aug. 14, claiming it's good enough at catching harmful actions</a></b></span> — This was one of the topics discussed in our Fireside Chat with Cat Wu and Thariq Shihipar at the AI Engineer World's Fair last month.</p>
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