diff --git a/packages/cli/src/config/policies/read-only.toml b/packages/cli/src/config/policies/read-only.toml
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index 0c36faf003..0000000000
--- a/packages/cli/src/config/policies/read-only.toml
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-# Priority system for policy rules:
-# - Higher priority numbers win over lower priority numbers
-# - When multiple rules match, the highest priority rule is applied
-# - Rules are evaluated in order of priority (highest first)
-#
-# Priority bands (tiers):
-# - Default policies (TOML): 1 + priority/1000 (e.g., priority 100 → 1.100)
-# - User policies (TOML): 2 + priority/1000 (e.g., priority 100 → 2.100)
-# - Admin policies (TOML): 3 + priority/1000 (e.g., priority 100 → 3.100)
-#
-# This ensures Admin > User > Default hierarchy is always preserved,
-# while allowing user-specified priorities to work within each tier.
-#
-# Settings-based and dynamic rules (all in user tier 2.x):
-#   2.95: Tools that the user has selected as "Always Allow" in the interactive UI
-#   2.9:  MCP servers excluded list (security: persistent server blocks)
-#   2.4:  Command line flag --exclude-tools (explicit temporary blocks)
-#   2.3:  Command line flag --allowed-tools (explicit temporary allows)
-#   2.2:  MCP servers with trust=true (persistent trusted servers)
-#   2.1:  MCP servers allowed list (persistent general server allows)
-#
-# TOML policy priorities (before transformation):
-#   10: Write tools default to ASK_USER (becomes 1.010 in default tier)
-#   15: Auto-edit tool override (becomes 1.015 in default tier)
-#   50: Read-only tools (becomes 1.050 in default tier)
-#   999: YOLO mode allow-all (becomes 1.999 in default tier)
-
-[[rule]]
-toolName = "glob"
-decision = "allow"
-priority = 50
-
-[[rule]]
-toolName = "search_file_content"
-decision = "allow"
-priority = 50
-
-[[rule]]
-toolName = "list_directory"
-decision = "allow"
-priority = 50
-
-[[rule]]
-toolName = "read_file"
-decision = "allow"
-priority = 50
-
-[[rule]]
-toolName = "read_many_files"
-decision = "allow"
-priority = 50
-
-[[rule]]
-toolName = "google_web_search"
-decision = "allow"
-priority = 50
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/config/policies/write.toml b/packages/cli/src/config/policies/write.toml
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index 8e4c1ae70e..0000000000
--- a/packages/cli/src/config/policies/write.toml
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@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-# Priority system for policy rules:
-# - Higher priority numbers win over lower priority numbers
-# - When multiple rules match, the highest priority rule is applied
-# - Rules are evaluated in order of priority (highest first)
-#
-# Priority bands (tiers):
-# - Default policies (TOML): 1 + priority/1000 (e.g., priority 100 → 1.100)
-# - User policies (TOML): 2 + priority/1000 (e.g., priority 100 → 2.100)
-# - Admin policies (TOML): 3 + priority/1000 (e.g., priority 100 → 3.100)
-#
-# This ensures Admin > User > Default hierarchy is always preserved,
-# while allowing user-specified priorities to work within each tier.
-#
-# Settings-based and dynamic rules (all in user tier 2.x):
-#   2.95: Tools that the user has selected as "Always Allow" in the interactive UI
-#   2.9:  MCP servers excluded list (security: persistent server blocks)
-#   2.4:  Command line flag --exclude-tools (explicit temporary blocks)
-#   2.3:  Command line flag --allowed-tools (explicit temporary allows)
-#   2.2:  MCP servers with trust=true (persistent trusted servers)
-#   2.1:  MCP servers allowed list (persistent general server allows)
-#
-# TOML policy priorities (before transformation):
-#   10: Write tools default to ASK_USER (becomes 1.010 in default tier)
-#   15: Auto-edit tool override (becomes 1.015 in default tier)
-#   50: Read-only tools (becomes 1.050 in default tier)
-#   999: YOLO mode allow-all (becomes 1.999 in default tier)
-
-[[rule]]
-toolName = "replace"
-decision = "ask_user"
-priority = 10
-
-[[rule]]
-toolName = "replace"
-decision = "allow"
-priority = 15
-modes = ["autoEdit"]
-
-[[rule]]
-toolName = "save_memory"
-decision = "ask_user"
-priority = 10
-
-[[rule]]
-toolName = "run_shell_command"
-decision = "ask_user"
-priority = 10
-
-[[rule]]
-toolName = "write_file"
-decision = "ask_user"
-priority = 10
-
-[[rule]]
-toolName = "write_file"
-decision = "allow"
-priority = 15
-modes = ["autoEdit"]
-
-[[rule]]
-toolName = "web_fetch"
-decision = "ask_user"
-priority = 10
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/config/policies/yolo.toml b/packages/cli/src/config/policies/yolo.toml
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index 0c5f9e9221..0000000000
--- a/packages/cli/src/config/policies/yolo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-# Priority system for policy rules:
-# - Higher priority numbers win over lower priority numbers
-# - When multiple rules match, the highest priority rule is applied
-# - Rules are evaluated in order of priority (highest first)
-#
-# Priority bands (tiers):
-# - Default policies (TOML): 1 + priority/1000 (e.g., priority 100 → 1.100)
-# - User policies (TOML): 2 + priority/1000 (e.g., priority 100 → 2.100)
-# - Admin policies (TOML): 3 + priority/1000 (e.g., priority 100 → 3.100)
-#
-# This ensures Admin > User > Default hierarchy is always preserved,
-# while allowing user-specified priorities to work within each tier.
-#
-# Settings-based and dynamic rules (all in user tier 2.x):
-#   2.95: Tools that the user has selected as "Always Allow" in the interactive UI
-#   2.9:  MCP servers excluded list (security: persistent server blocks)
-#   2.4:  Command line flag --exclude-tools (explicit temporary blocks)
-#   2.3:  Command line flag --allowed-tools (explicit temporary allows)
-#   2.2:  MCP servers with trust=true (persistent trusted servers)
-#   2.1:  MCP servers allowed list (persistent general server allows)
-#
-# TOML policy priorities (before transformation):
-#   10: Write tools default to ASK_USER (becomes 1.010 in default tier)
-#   15: Auto-edit tool override (becomes 1.015 in default tier)
-#   50: Read-only tools (becomes 1.050 in default tier)
-#   999: YOLO mode allow-all (becomes 1.999 in default tier)
-
-[[rule]]
-decision = "allow"
-priority = 999
-modes = ["yolo"]