feat: Add auto_approve_tool_permissions config allowing the confirm dialogs to be disabled in agentic mode (#2110)

Co-authored-by: pre-commit-ci-lite[bot] <117423508+pre-commit-ci-lite[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

README.md

@@ -364,6 +364,10 @@ _See [config.lua#L9](./lua/avante/config.lua) for the full config_
     support_paste_from_clipboard = false,
     minimize_diff = true, -- Whether to remove unchanged lines when applying a code block
     enable_token_counting = true, -- Whether to enable token counting. Default to true.
+    auto_approve_tool_permissions = false, -- Default: show permission prompts for all tools
+    -- Examples:
+    -- auto_approve_tool_permissions = true,                -- Auto-approve all tools (no prompts)
+    -- auto_approve_tool_permissions = {"bash", "replace_in_file"}, -- Auto-approve specific tools only
   },
   mappings = {
     --- @class AvanteConflictMappings

lua/avante/config.lua

@@ -413,6 +413,8 @@ M._defaults = {
     enable_token_counting = true,
     use_cwd_as_project_root = false,
     auto_focus_on_diff_view = false,
+    ---@type boolean | string[] -- true: auto-approve all tools, false: normal prompts, string[]: auto-approve specific tools by name
+    auto_approve_tool_permissions = false, -- Default: show permission prompts for all tools
   },
   history = {
     max_tokens = 4096,

lua/avante/llm_tools/bash.lua

@@ -246,7 +246,8 @@ function M.func(opts, on_log, on_complete, session_ctx)
       end, abs_path)
     end,
     { focus = true },
-    session_ctx
+    session_ctx,
+    M.name -- Pass the tool name for permission checking
   )
 end
 

lua/avante/llm_tools/create.lua

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ function M.func(opts, on_log, on_complete, session_ctx)
     vim.cmd("noautocmd write")
     vim.api.nvim_set_current_win(current_winid)
     on_complete(true, nil)
-  end, { focus = true }, session_ctx)
+  end, { focus = true }, session_ctx, M.name)
 end
 
 return M

lua/avante/llm_tools/helpers.lua

@@ -23,12 +23,29 @@ end
 ---@param callback fun(yes: boolean, reason?: string)
 ---@param confirm_opts? { focus?: boolean }
 ---@param session_ctx? table
+---@param tool_name? string -- Optional tool name to check against tool_permissions config
 ---@return avante.ui.Confirm | nil
-function M.confirm(message, callback, confirm_opts, session_ctx)
+function M.confirm(message, callback, confirm_opts, session_ctx, tool_name)
   if session_ctx and session_ctx.always_yes then
     callback(true)
     return
   end
+
+  -- Check behaviour.auto_approve_tool_permissions config for auto-approval
+  local Config = require("avante.config")
+  local auto_approve = Config.behaviour.auto_approve_tool_permissions
+
+  -- If auto_approve is true, auto-approve all tools
+  if auto_approve == true then
+    callback(true)
+    return
+  end
+
+  -- If auto_approve is a table (array of tool names), check if this tool is in the list
+  if type(auto_approve) == "table" and vim.tbl_contains(auto_approve, tool_name) then
+    callback(true)
+    return
+  end
   local Confirm = require("avante.ui.confirm")
   local sidebar = require("avante").get()
   if not sidebar or not sidebar.input_container or not sidebar.input_container.winid then

lua/avante/llm_tools/insert.lua

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ function M.func(opts, on_log, on_complete, session_ctx)
     vim.api.nvim_buf_call(bufnr, function() vim.cmd("noautocmd write") end)
     if session_ctx then Helpers.mark_as_not_viewed(opts.path, session_ctx) end
     on_complete(true, nil)
-  end, { focus = true }, session_ctx)
+  end, { focus = true }, session_ctx, M.name)
 end
 
 return M

lua/avante/llm_tools/replace_in_file.lua

@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ function M.func(opts, on_log, on_complete, session_ctx)
     vim.api.nvim_buf_call(bufnr, function() vim.cmd("noautocmd write") end)
     if session_ctx then Helpers.mark_as_not_viewed(opts.path, session_ctx) end
     on_complete(true, nil)
-  end, { focus = not Config.behaviour.auto_focus_on_diff_view }, session_ctx)
+  end, { focus = not Config.behaviour.auto_focus_on_diff_view }, session_ctx, M.name)
 end
 
 return M

lua/avante/llm_tools/undo_edit.lua

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ function M.func(opts, on_log, on_complete, session_ctx)
     vim.api.nvim_buf_call(bufnr, function() vim.cmd("noautocmd write") end)
     if session_ctx then Helpers.mark_as_not_viewed(opts.path, session_ctx) end
     on_complete(true, nil)
-  end, { focus = true }, session_ctx)
+  end, { focus = true }, session_ctx, M.name)
 end
 
 return M