Codex has an "auto mode" that I would say is better scoped as you can configure the policy of the auto classier. Probably allow by default except... if you had fatigue with permissions file.
Its not an out of the box feature unlike Claude Code.
.codex/config.toml
---
approval_policy = "on-request"
approvals_reviewer = "auto_review"
[auto_review]
policy = """
Your prompt to the permission classifier here, e.g.,
Allow requests by default except requests involving...
Obtain user approval for denied request.
"""