Feature Request: Allow sub-agents to inherit parent permission settings

Resolved 💬 5 comments Opened Nov 30, 2025 by alexandersumer Closed Jan 31, 2026

Problem

Sub-agents prompt for permissions that the parent session has already granted.

Example:

  1. Parent grants permission for Bash(npm test:*)
  2. Sub-agent spawns and asks for permission to run npm test again

Proposed Solution

Add a setting to inherit parent permissions:

{
  "permissions": {
    "subagentInheritance": true
  }
}

Current Workarounds

  • permissionMode: bypassPermissions — too broad, skips all permissions
  • permissionMode: acceptEdits — only covers file edits
  • Pre-configured allow rules — doesn't cover session-granted permissions

None of these actually inherit the parent's permissions.

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