The Permission Mode You Get Without Configuring Anything
Two engineers on the same team start fresh Claude Code sessions with default settings — one is on a Team plan, the other on a plan that isn't Pro/Max/Team.
What permission mode does each one actually start in?
The correct answer is "Auto mode for Team; Manual mode for the other plan."
On Pro, Max, and Team plans, auto mode is the built-in default for interactive terminal and VS Code sessions — a classifier reviews most actions and only blocks what looks risky. On other plans, Manual mode is the default, prompting before file writes, Bash commands, and MCP tool calls. Auto mode isn't universal across plans, and it's certainly not the case that either engineer starts in Bypass Permissions mode — that mode requires deliberate, explicit opt-in.
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