Anthropic's Claude skips approvals on 3 plans

Anthropic's Claude apps will run in auto mode by default from next week on 3 paid plans, Anthropic said on the 22nd of October 2026. The change covers Claude's web, desktop and phone apps on the Pro, Max and Team plans, its post on X said.

In auto mode, Claude carries out a task without asking the user to approve each step, Anthropic wrote. An automated check blocks risky actions, the post said.

Users can switch Claude back to manual mode, Anthropic's post of the 22nd of October says

"Switch back to manual anytime," Anthropic wrote in the same post. In manual mode, the user approves each step Claude takes.

Anthropic's Claude Code made auto mode the default on the 14th of August

Claude Code is Anthropic's tool that writes software. Auto mode became its default on the same 3 plans from the 14th of August 2026, Anthropic's @ClaudeDevs account posted on the 7th of August.

In Anthropic's tests, the auto check caught 89% of dangerous commands, and manual approval caught 14%, @ClaudeDevs wrote. A command is an order a computer carries out, such as deleting a file.

Below we break down the 3 plans and the 89% figure

Three plans and 3 apps make 9 plan and app pairs that switch to auto mode, by our arithmetic. Next week runs from the 26th of October to the 1st of November 2026.

The 89% figure means about 11 in every 100 dangerous commands got past the check in tests, by our arithmetic. Manual approval let about 86 in 100 through, by our arithmetic.

The 89% comes from tests on Claude Code. It leaves out how the check does in the chat apps, which Anthropic has not reported.

What is confirmed and what is not

Anthropic gave no exact start date beyond next week. The post did not mention the Free or Enterprise plans.

Key facts

Anthropic announced the change on the 22nd of October 2026.

Claude apps run in auto mode by default from next week.

It covers the Pro, Max and Team plans on web, desktop and phone.

Users can switch back to manual mode at any time.