[DOCS] Missing documentation for "Delegate Mode" permission mode
Documentation Type
Missing documentation (feature not documented)
Documentation Location
https://code.claude.com/docs/en/settings and https://code.claude.com/docs/en/iam
Section/Topic
Permission Modes / Default Permission Mode
Current Documentation
The settings and IAM docs describe these permission modes: default, acceptEdits, plan, and bypassPermissions.
The /status → Config menu in Claude Code v2.0.71 shows a fifth option called "Delegate Mode" that is not documented anywhere.
What's Wrong or Missing?
"Delegate Mode" appears as a valid permission mode option in the Claude Code UI
(/status → Config → Default permission mode) and in settings.json
("defaultMode": "delegate"), but no documentation exists explaining:
- What this mode does
- How it differs from default, acceptEdits, and plan modes
- When/why a user would choose it
Suggested Improvement
Add documentation for Delegate Mode to the permission modes section, explaining
its behavior and use cases — similar to how plan mode and acceptEdits are
currently documented.
Impact
High - Prevents users from using a feature
Additional Context
<img width="551" height="351" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e47c90a2-c72e-4433-84b3-eab0d6cd3240" />
Screenshot attached showing the option in /status Config menu.
11 Comments
What the hell does it do? Anthropic keeps shipping stuff without documenting it.
Still have absolutely no clue what this does.
I did a little research, and it simply limits the toolset to working with tasks (TaskCreate/TaskList/TaskUpdate/TaskGet) and a certain set of agents—so it acts as a team lead.
It makes sense, but I think it's still an experimental feature.
Naming is confusing, "permission=Delegate Mode" to me would suggest that it can ask e.g. via REST/unix socket/ etc some other agent/system/script to assess if command looks like allowed to be executed.
This I would rather name "permission mode=Execute Via Other Agents As planner" or whatever other name.
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I'd still like to know what it is
https://code.claude.com/docs/en/permissions#permission-modes
https://code.claude.com/docs/en/agent-teams#use-delegate-mode
Has delegate mode disappeared? I used to have and use it, but recently it's just not an option anymore. I am using bedrock .
It worked like a charm and it seems to be gone from 2.1.63 (Claude Code)
Closing this out, but if the docs still don't answer what you were looking for, leave a comment and we'll reopen.