claude-allow - Add a permission to Claude Code's allow list

claude-allow

#!/bin/bash

if [[ "$1" == "-h" || "$1" == "--help" || -z "$1" ]]; then
  cat <<'EOF'
claude-allow - Add a permission to Claude Code's allow list

Usage: claude-allow <permission>

Appends <permission> to the permissions.allow array in ~/.claude/settings.json.

Permission format: Tool(pattern)
  Tool is one of: Bash, Edit, Write, etc.
  Pattern uses colon-separated segments with optional * wildcards.

Examples:
  claude-allow 'Bash(npm test:*)'          # Allow all "npm test" commands
  claude-allow 'Bash(git status:*)'        # Allow git status
  claude-allow 'Edit(/path/to/file.ts)'    # Allow editing a specific file
  claude-allow 'Read(/src/**)'             # Allow reading files under /src

Requires: jq
EOF
  exit 0
fi

jq --arg v "$1" '.permissions.allow += [$v]' ~/.claude/settings.json > ~/.claude/settings.json.tmp && mv ~/.claude/settings.json.tmp ~/.claude/settings.json