diff --git a/bin/lmab b/bin/lmab
index 1c015b8..d4cab9a 100755
--- a/bin/lmab
+++ b/bin/lmab
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ function banner() {
   ];
   process.stdout.write("\n");
   for (const [tone, row] of rows) process.stdout.write(`  ${tone}${row}${color.reset}\n`);
+  process.stdout.write(`  ${color.bold}${color.mint}${"LMAB".padStart(30)}${color.reset}\n`);
   process.stdout.write(`\n  ${color.dim}find the expensive routes. keep the evidence.${color.reset}\n`);
 }
 
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 9c295e9..d8e7cc8 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ banner() {
   printf '  %s%s%s\n' "$C3" $' | / _ \\ V  V / -_) \'_| | \'  \\ || | / _` | | | \'_ \\ | | |' "$R"
   printf '  %s%s%s\n' "$C4" $' |_\\___/\\_/\\_/\\___|_|   |_|_|_\\_, | \\__,_|_| |_.__/_|_|_|' "$R"
   printf '  %s%s%s\n' "$C5" $'                              |__/                       ' "$R"
+  printf '  %s%s%s\n' "$B$C4" $'                          LMAB' "$R"
   printf '\n  %sfind the expensive routes. keep the evidence.%s\n' "$D" "$R"
 }
 run() {
@@ -252,13 +253,13 @@ fi
 section "3/3 · Start the audit"
 ok "LMAB is ready"
 if [ "$NO_LAUNCH" = "0" ]; then
-  say "Opening Claude Code in ${B}$TARGET_REPO${R}."
+  say "Opening Claude Code in ${B}$TARGET_REPO${R} with auto permissions."
   say "The report will stay under ${B}.lmab/${R}."
   PROMPT="Use the LMAB audit skill for this repository. Start immediately: scan the code locally, automatically seek narrowly relevant Anthropic billing totals in already-connected integrations, write .lmab/report.html and .lmab/share-card.svg, open the report, and do not edit application code or call a model provider."
   if [ "$DRY_RUN" = "1" ]; then
-    run claude --plugin-dir "$SOURCE_DIR" "$PROMPT"
+    run claude --permission-mode auto --plugin-dir "$SOURCE_DIR" "$PROMPT"
   else
-    exec claude --plugin-dir "$SOURCE_DIR" "$PROMPT"
+    exec claude --permission-mode auto --plugin-dir "$SOURCE_DIR" "$PROMPT"
   fi
 else
   say "Run ${C4}lmab audit .${R} when you are ready."
diff --git a/tests/installer.test.mjs b/tests/installer.test.mjs
index ded4a61..ee7d74d 100644
--- a/tests/installer.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/installer.test.mjs
@@ -25,6 +25,31 @@ test("dry-run shows the complete bounded install without writing", () => {
   }
 });
 
+test("launches Claude Code in auto permission mode", () => {
+  const root = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "lmab-installer-launch-"));
+  const fakeBin = join(root, "bin");
+  try {
+    mkdirSync(fakeBin, { recursive: true });
+    const fakeClaude = join(fakeBin, "claude");
+    writeFileSync(fakeClaude, "#!/bin/sh\nexit 0\n");
+    chmodSync(fakeClaude, 0o755);
+
+    const result = run(
+      "bash",
+      ["install.sh", "--yes", "--dry-run", "--install-dir", join(root, "home")],
+      {
+        cwd: process.cwd(),
+        env: { ...process.env, PATH: `${fakeBin}:${process.env.PATH}` },
+      },
+    );
+
+    assert.match(result.stdout, /Opening Claude Code .* with auto permissions/);
+    assert.match(result.stdout, /claude --permission-mode auto --plugin-dir/);
+  } finally {
+    rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  }
+});
+
 test("installs from a public-style git source and is idempotent", () => {
   const root = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "lmab-installer-"));
   const source = join(root, "source-repo");