claude-code - 💡(How to fix) Fix [FEATURE] Configurable pushback / proactive review mode

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Problem Statement

Currently Claude tends toward agreeableness — it executes what's asked without volunteering concerns unless directly prompted. This is fine for fast execution tasks but counterproductive when a second opinion or code review mindset is what's actually needed.

Suggestion: Add a user-configurable setting (in settings.json or via /config) that controls how proactively Claude surfaces issues, bugs, and alternative approaches — independent of what the user asked for. Something like a "challenge level" dial:

• Execute — do what's asked, minimal unsolicited opinions
• Review — flag issues spotted along the way, suggest alternatives
• Challenge — actively push back, question assumptions, propose different approaches

The current default sits too close to "Execute" even when "Review" would produce better outcomes. A user who is debugging a production issue with a senior engineer mindset gets more value from being told "this catch block silently swallows failures" than from a model that completes the task and stays quiet.

Why this matters: Optimizing for human approval ratings produces a model that's good at sounding helpful rather than being helpful. Giving users explicit control breaks that loop — the user is opting in to friction, so agreement-seeking stops being the right target.

Proposed Solution

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Priority

Low - Nice to have

Feature Category

CLI commands and flags

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