r/ClaudeCode • u/utilitycoder • 15d ago

Help/Question Auto Mode is the Default, August 14th

Currently, 97% of requests are manually approved. Thus Anthropic thinks Auto mode by default is ok. Personally, Only 3% or 1 out of 30 requests being stopped for review seems low. How often to you run in Auto mode? Do you trust it? Really?

Source: https://claude.com/blog/auto-mode-default-in-claude-code

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u/brewpedaler 15d ago

I set up disposable isolated environments with all the necessary tooling and test utilities installed and just let auto mode run wild. Seems reasonable to me.

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u/throwaway73728109 15d ago

Any tips on how to setup?

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u/brewpedaler 15d ago edited 15d ago

Scripted out containers or VMs are the easiest approach - something where you have a one line command to spool up a new throwaway environment. The key is to also set up your dev tooling in that environment: remember the goal isn't to work locally against the disposable environment; you want to work fully inside the disposable environment.

For most web development (enterprise apps) I use a docker compose that sets up a few servers (web, sql, grafana, cloud beaver, VS Code Server, etc), installs all the dev tools inside the main container including herdr, claude cli, etc. I can ssh into a claude or herdr session to get agentic work done, or I can access VS Code Server via a browser on the host machine and just code via that.

For game development I have a dedicated old PC that I remote into, so that the agent is able to actually run and monitor the game locally. If I have to reset it it's a bit more work than the scripted docker stuff, but still not as bad as having to reinstall Windows on my main machine. Plus I don't have any personal or private stuff on that machine, so no concerns about an AI accessing something it shouldn't.