diff --git a/.claude/settings.json b/.claude/settings.json
index 4ac0573..8a8dbb7 100644
--- a/.claude/settings.json
+++ b/.claude/settings.json
@@ -4,14 +4,19 @@
       "allow": [
         "Bash(git *)",
         "Bash(python scripts/agent_poller.py *)",
+        "Bash(GITEA_USER=* python scripts/agent_poller.py *)",
         "Bash(python scripts/run_pipeline.py *)",
         "Bash(python scripts/create_failure_issue.py *)",
         "Bash(python -m pytest *)",
         "Bash(python -c *)",
         "Bash(curl *)"
       ]
+    },
+    "autoMode": {
+      "allow": [
+        "$defaults",
+        "Running agent_poller.py with GITEA_USER env var to interact with Gitea (comment, close-issue, create-pr, merge-pr, create-issue, reopen-issue)",
+        "Running Gitea API operations via scripts (agent_poller.py, create_failure_issue.py)"
+      ]
     }
   }
-
-
-