From 209fbc9e41792c337cd4e4ae954ca7abb3c40d7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Clarke <alex.j.tusa@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 15:17:21 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Added a --dangerously-skip-permissions flag to skip
 permission prompts for tool invocations

---
 src/cli/mod.rs | 15 +++++++++++++++
 src/main.rs    |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/cli/mod.rs b/src/cli/mod.rs
index 5f35727..40d525d 100644
--- a/src/cli/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cli/mod.rs
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ pub struct Cli {
     /// Disable memory for this invocation
     #[arg(long)]
     pub no_memory: bool,
+    /// Skip permission prompts by setting AUTO_CONFIRM for all tools (dangerous!)
+    #[arg(long)]
+    pub dangerously_skip_permissions: bool,
     /// Bootstrap a memory marker so coyote begins loading memory next run
     #[arg(long, value_name = "SCOPE", value_enum)]
     pub init_memory: Option<MemoryScope>,
@@ -424,6 +427,18 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(cli.build_tools);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_dangerously_skip_permissions_flag() {
+        let cli = parse(&["--dangerously-skip-permissions"]);
+        assert!(cli.dangerously_skip_permissions);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_dangerously_skip_permissions_default_off() {
+        let cli = parse(&[]);
+        assert!(!cli.dangerously_skip_permissions);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn parse_sync_models_flag() {
         let cli = parse(&["--sync-models"]);
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c6c68be..a8d7484 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     CompleteEnv::with_factory(Cli::command).complete();
     let cli = Cli::parse();
 
+    if cli.dangerously_skip_permissions {
+        unsafe {
+            env::set_var("AUTO_CONFIRM", "true");
+        }
+    }
+
     if let Some(shell) = cli.completions {
         let mut cmd = Cli::command();
         shell.generate_completions(&mut cmd);