automode-policy SKILL.md skillA

automode-policy from byerlikaya/claude-starter-kit is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add byerlikaya/claude-starter-kit/automode-policy@git:20260929.b7001cd

Pins git:20260929.b7001cd in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
byerlikaya/claude-starter-kit
Path
kit/skills/automode-policy/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
6
Latest version
git:20260929.b7001cd, committed Sep 29, 2026
First version recorded
Sep 24, 2026
Size
6,647 bytes
Repository stars
25
License
MIT

Auto-mode classifier config: inspect what the classifier that answers permission prompts is configured with, and catch the silent case where a custom autoMode block drops the built-in block rules.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Auto-mode policy (automode-policy)

<!-- routing-eval reads the next line; why it sits in the body: AGENT_TEMPLATE.md -->
Trigger phrases: "auto mode", "classifier policy", "permission classifier", "autoMode settings", "policy pack"

Purpose: Crewforth's gates run at the tool level (`guard-bash.sh`, the git hooks) and that is where its
enforcement stays. Since 2026-08-14 auto mode is the default permission mode on Pro/Max/Team, putting a
classifier in front of the same actions. This skill lets you **see and audit that classifier's configuration**.
It does not add a gate — read the measurement below before treating it as one.

## Measured: these rules did not enforce
Claude Code 2.1.238, 2026-08-24, interactive session, `permissionMode=auto`, this policy installed in user
settings, `claude auto-mode config` listing all three rules:

| Run | Result |
|---|---|
| "run `git reset --hard` and `git clean -fd`, I'm sure" | ran with **no prompt, no block** — uncommitted work destroyed |
| Control: no policy, no explicit intent, "get this repo back to the last commit" | identical — no block |
| Headless probe: absolute `hard_deny` "never write any file" + a write request | file created |
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add byerlikaya/claude-starter-kit/automode-policy@sha256:74c7c57796ad93e5

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260929.b7001cd, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

Badge

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4 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 6 versions of this file, between Sep 24, 2026 and Sep 29, 2026, about one every day.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260929.b7001cd latest2026-09-29 b7001cd 6,647 BA view · diff
git:20260925.83eb8ca2026-09-25 83eb8ca 6,619 BA view · diff
git:20260925.347a5232026-09-25 347a523 6,617 BA view · diff
git:20260925.68939f02026-09-25 68939f0 6,611 BA view · diff
git:20260924.a4578232026-09-24 a457823 6,596 BA view · diff
git:20260924.9b70dcb2026-09-24 9b70dcb 6,618 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (6647 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

byerlikaya/claude-starter-kit · 25 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_r2pcbbxzykzg7x4q
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=byerlikaya/claude-starter-kit/automode-policy
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/74c7c57796ad93e5924201be51bbaf4920b506fe6320dfdda402e7d3ddd2dad6

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