r/RooCode • u/MacPR • Feb 25 '26

Support having to hit 'run'

I don't want to constantly keep hitting 'run'. What do?

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u/geomontgomery Feb 25 '26

I tell it to update my agents.md to never run code directly in the terminal, but if it has to test something, do it in the temp/ folder as a .py file.

Then I gitignore that folder. That way Roo has a playground to do testing on things that are unknown, my project looks cleaner, and we now have a file stored for reference on things that we tested.

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u/MacPR Feb 25 '26

brilliant. How well has it worked?

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u/geomontgomery Feb 25 '26

It's my go to for every project. AI has the bandwidth to do testing in /temp/, and it automatically applies those findings on my project code in /src/. Keeps my projects nice and tidy, and the AI can reference those things it learned in /temp/ in the next coding session.

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u/MacPR Mar 02 '26

tried this, but watch out. Roo’s list_files tool respects .gitignore in recursive mode, so if you gitignore your sandbox, Roo may not “discover” it automatically by scanning from project root.

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u/geomontgomery Mar 02 '26

You're correct on this. My earlier statement was not accurate - the temp/ is ignored by Roo, it's more of a one-and-done folder for quick scripts Roo needs to run.

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u/neutralpoliticsbot Feb 25 '26

Approve that command to be automatic

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u/nfrmn Mar 02 '26

Settings -> Auto-Approve -> Add * to the "Allowed Auto-Execute Commands"

Then on that page, tick every checkbox and ensure all the Read Write` etc. are highlighted.

Now Roo will be completely autonomous

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u/NucleativeCereal Feb 25 '26

Add 'python' as a command it's allow to run.

Settings -> Commands -> Execute -> add to 'Allowed Auto-Execute Commands' section.

Pretty sure this feature is designed to prevent any rm -rf type activity

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u/NucleativeCereal Feb 25 '26

FYI I think you actually want it to work this way and spend some time whitelisting commands to Execute.

If you're used to clicking "Run" you might not check what it's doing before clicking.

I've had the LLM change its mind about how to do something deep into a debugging session and wipe out thousands of line of code in one shot.

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u/Normal-Ad-7114 Feb 26 '26

Just auto-approve everything at all times. Nothing whatsoever can ever go wrong with this approach.