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Set permissions and safety rails

Step 1. Review the current rules

Section titled “Step 1. Review the current rules”
Run /permissions to see the allow, ask and deny lists that apply right now, and which file each rule came from.
terminal
/permissions

Step 2. Allow the safe, repetitive commands

Section titled “Step 2. Allow the safe, repetitive commands”
Tests, builds, git reads. Put them in .claude/settings.json so the team shares them, and keep machine-specific ones in settings.local.json.

Step 3. Know how to undo

Section titled “Step 3. Know how to undo”
Checkpoints let you roll back edits from the session. Run /rewind to step back to an earlier state instead of unpicking changes by hand.
terminal
/rewind

Step 4. Choose a permission mode deliberately

Section titled “Step 4. Choose a permission mode deliberately”
Default asks before acting. Plan mode reads without editing. Accept-edits skips the file prompts. Reserve the fully bypassing mode for throwaway sandboxes.