YOLO Mode allows you to temporarily disable manual tool call authorization for specific, trusted tasks. The agent executes tool calls as fast as the LLM allows — no manual approvals, no interruptions.
"I'll allow all commands for this session since we're just fixing tests."
Human-in-the-loop is great for safety, but can be a bottleneck for repetitive tasks like large-scale refactoring or running test suites. YOLO Mode lets you step back once you've reviewed the first few steps.
YOLO Mode removes human oversight for the active task. Only enable it if you trust the agent's instructions and have proper version control (git) to rollback changes.
YOLO mode is the setting that lets a coding agent act without asking for approval first. See the YOLO mode glossary entry for a short definition, or the guide to turning on YOLO mode in every coding agent for the exact flag in Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Gemini CLI, Copilot, Cline and OpenCode. Each agent also has its own page in the YOLO mode guides.