Permissions

Ask before tool callsCopy Anchor Link

Settings → Agents → Ask before tool calls is off by default.

When it is on, Claude Code asks you before each edit and command. The chat shows Allow <tool>? with Allow and Deny. The workspace row shows that it is waiting, and Korev sends a notification.

Codex cannot ask before a tool call. It always runs in its workspace-write sandbox, and in its read-only sandbox in plan mode.

What always asksCopy Anchor Link

Whatever the setting:

• Plans. When Claude Code finishes a plan, you approve it or keep planning. See Plan mode.
• Questions. When the agent asks a question, the chat shows The agent has a question with its options and an Other… field.
• Ask chats. The agent asks before it runs a command. See Ask.