Set Up Permissions to Avoid Constant Approvals

Tired of approving php artisan test every time? The quickest way to set this up is with /update-config:

/update-config
"Allow all php artisan commands"
"Allow vendor/bin/pint"
"Allow npm run build"

This writes the rules directly to your .claude/settings.json. You can also edit it manually:

{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "Bash(php artisan *)",
      "Bash(vendor/bin/pint *)",
      "Bash(npm run *)"
    ]
  }
}

You can scope permissions to specific projects by using .claude/settings.local.json in the project root instead of the global settings file (~/.claude/settings.json). Per-project is usually the better choice — your Laravel app doesn't need the same permissions as a Node service.

Be thoughtful about what you allow — you probably don't want to auto-approve rm -rf or git push --force. The goal is to reduce friction for safe, common operations while keeping guardrails on destructive ones.