Allow user-level setting to default ExitPlanMode to acceptEdits (or hide auto mode)

Request

Add a user-level setting in settings.json to control the ExitPlanMode picker — either:

(a) set the default/highlighted option to acceptEdits instead of auto, OR
(b) hide the auto-mode option entirely when users don't want it.

Motivation

Before auto mode existed, exiting plan mode landed in acceptEdits. That was the expected flow for users who want: plan → review plan → apply edits automatically, while still being asked for non-edit actions (Bash, etc.).

With auto mode now the prominent option on the picker, users who prefer the old acceptEdits flow have no user-level way to restore it:

• permissions.disableAutoMode exists but is managed-settings-only (admin/MDM), not personal (https://code.claude.com/docs/en/permissions#managed-settings).
• useAutoModeDuringPlan appears in some community references but is undocumented and does not affect the picker in my testing (v2.1.113).

The only workarounds are to manually pick acceptEdits each time or Shift+Tab cycle after approval — both add friction to a per-plan flow.

Proposed

A permissions.planExitDefault setting (or similar) accepting "auto" | "acceptEdits" | "manual", user-settable in ~/.claude/settings.json.

Related

• #49829 — analogous request for bypassPermissions users losing their mode on plan exit
• #47637 — docs gap around plan-exit mode behavior

Version

2.1.113 (Claude Code)