Add --yolo as an alias for --dangerously-skip-permissions

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Mar 14, 2026 by feulf Closed Mar 18, 2026

Feature Request

Add --yolo as a shorthand alias for --dangerously-skip-permissions.

Motivation

--dangerously-skip-permissions is 30 characters long. While the verbose name serves as a good warning for first-time users, frequent users who understand the risks would benefit from a shorter alias.

Typing claude --yolo is much more ergonomic than claude --dangerously-skip-permissions — especially when you're doing it multiple times a day.

Proposed behavior

# These would be equivalent:
claude --dangerously-skip-permissions
claude --yolo

--yolo would behave identically to --dangerously-skip-permissions in every way — same warnings, same behavior, same logging.

Alternatives considered

  • Shell aliases work but aren't portable across machines or shareable with teams
  • --skip-permissions was considered but loses the "you should think twice" energy that --yolo preserves honestly

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