Graduated Trust Spectrum (Principle)
- Entity ID:
ent-20260423-c003d1000002 - Type:
decision - Scope:
private - Status:
active
Description
Design principle #2. Answers 'Fixed permission level, or a spectrum users traverse over time?' Claude Code exposes seven permission modes and classifier-based auto-mode so users can adopt more autonomy incrementally. Serves Authority and Adaptability.
Key claims
- Auto-approve rates rise from ~20% to >40% across a user's first 750 sessions
Relations
- Human Decision Authority (Value) --[motivates]--> Graduated Trust Spectrum (Principle)
- Contextual Adaptability (Value) --[motivates]--> Graduated Trust Spectrum (Principle)
- Graduated Trust Spectrum (Principle) --[instantiated_by]--> Auto Mode Classifier