What happened to Chat vs. Agent modes?

A couple months back, if you were in chat mode, you could approve every update and file change… Now, with Edit mode and Agent mode, both make changes to files without your approval for each.

So, how do I keep edit mode from updating files, until I approve each one? I don’t see a setting for that, and even though the descriptions here in forum seem to imply it doesn’t make changes, it most certainly does…

Please advise… I prefer to go step by step and approve each file diff…

Hey,

There’s a workaround for this. In order to make it happen, you can use exclusion mode inside the feature tab. Above the auto-run mode, there’s an option called “Auto apply to files outside.” You can test it by keeping this off or on user preference.

Make sure you add words to the Command Denylist, such as pip, pip3, etc. to prevent the agent from executing commands automatically. This avoids the issue of commands being executed automatically.

thanks, but it is the changing of source file that bothers me. I want to approve each change, by reviewing diffs, but that ability has been removed…sigh. I can’t believe others are happy about this…

Hey there @harperaa Try to disable YOLO mode and play with the features; it’s all about experimenting and seeing how it fits better for you.