CLAUDE_CODE_EVEN_MORE_DANGEROUSLY_SKIP_PERMISSIONS

Updated October 29, 2026 by Alex Sorokoletov

CLAUDE_CODE_EVEN_MORE_DANGEROUSLY_SKIP_PERMISSIONS is a Claude Code environment variable: When set, dangerous rm commands can run without a confirmation prompt in bypass permissions mode. The build carries guards where it has no effect: in a session without managed settings, or on Windows while the registry cannot be read for managed settings, dangerous rm commands keep their usual checks. Added in v2.1.311 and still present in v2.1.311. It is listed in the official reference.

How to set it

For one session, export it in the shell that starts Claude Code:

export CLAUDE_CODE_EVEN_MORE_DANGEROUSLY_SKIP_PERMISSIONS=<value>
claude

To apply it to every session, add it to the env object of a settings file:

// ~/.claude/settings.json
{
  "env": {
    "CLAUDE_CODE_EVEN_MORE_DANGEROUSLY_SKIP_PERMISSIONS": "<value>"
  }
}

Release notes that mention it

• Claude Code Version Tracker: Undocumented Env Vars, Feature Gates & Models
• claude-code-env-vars-v2-1-311

Related variables

• CLAUDE_CODE_AUTO_MODE_EXTERNAL_PERMISSIONS: Hands permission decisions to an external policy engine instead of the built-in prompt.
• CLAUDE_CHROME_PERMISSION_MODE: Permission mode for Claude for Chrome.
• CLAUDE_CODE_AUTO_MODE_CLASSIFY_EDITS: Turns the classification pass on: every edit runs through the classifier before it touches disk.
• CLAUDE_CODE_AUTO_MODE_EDIT_REMOVAL: Governs whether Auto mode may delete content as part of an edit.
• CLAUDE_CODE_AUTO_MODE_EDIT_REMOVAL_CAP: Caps how much a single autonomous edit can remove before it's held for a human.
• CLAUDE_CODE_AUTO_MODE_GIT_STATUS: Feeds the working tree's git status into the classifier's context.
• CLAUDE_CODE_AUTO_MODE_GIT_STATUS_LIMIT: Bounds how much of that status is included, so the classifier prompt doesn't balloon in large or messy repos.
• CLAUDE_CODE_AUTO_MODE_GIT_STATUS_UPLOADS: Controls whether git-status context is uploaded to the classification service.

Frequently asked questions

All variables, searchable: Claude Code environment variables.