alt Hacker NewsI run in manual mode not out of rogue agent or token waste concern but because I want to effectively pair program with the agent. I need to understand what is happening along with the how and why. I’m confident I’m slower than YOLO people but that’s a trade off I’m consciously making so I can stay in the loop to comprehend the codebase.
Your summary approval idea is interesting and feels maybe like a mini plan mode. My biggest frustration with the existing manual approval system is when Claude is exploring it gets tedious to approve each command. Being able to approve a block of commands or a mini plan AND have auto mode audit them for safety would probably be something I would consider for the expiration phase of my Claude use.
This morning I've turned auto mode back on, I'm only using it during Claude's exploration phases of my workflow and then I'm reading the full transcript (which includes some thinking info). So far, this seems to be quite close to what I want, and an improvement over my previous "manual all the time" mode.
Still leaving manual approval for all edits. Combined with reading the full transcript of the exploration, I feel I stay in the loop pretty well in this first test.