diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index adb97c5..c6fba59 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -461,6 +461,16 @@ sources:
   codex: { timeout: 300 }        # argv/prompt also overridable, e.g. sources.codex.argv
 ```
 
+Agents run **safely by default** (no approval-bypass). For unattended runs on
+sources you trust, **`--yolo`** flips on the danger opt-ins for that ingest --
+codex `--dangerously-bypass-approvals-and-sandbox`, hermes `--yolo`, and the
+`command` shell (equivalent to setting `sources.codex.unsafe_bypass` /
+`sources.hermes.unsafe_yolo` / `sources.command.allow_shell`):
+
+```bash
+doxa ingest https://target.example --via codex --yolo
+```
+
 **Choose how to scrape** with `--mode` / `--prompt` (agent + `command` fetchers).
 `--prompt` is free-form, so the agent can use whatever it has -- SERP search,
 browser automation, structured extraction, platform-specific endpoints -- to
diff --git a/doxa/cli.py b/doxa/cli.py
index 4de8084..1d469f3 100644
--- a/doxa/cli.py
+++ b/doxa/cli.py
@@ -322,8 +322,20 @@ def cb(index: int, total: int) -> None:
     return cb
 
 
+def _apply_yolo(config: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+    """doxa's yolo mode: let agent/command fetchers run unattended for this ingest --
+    codex bypass-approvals, hermes --yolo, and the command shell. Trusted sources only."""
+    sources = config.setdefault("sources", {})
+    sources.setdefault("codex", {})["unsafe_bypass"] = True
+    sources.setdefault("hermes", {})["unsafe_yolo"] = True
+    sources.setdefault("command", {})["allow_shell"] = True
+
+
 def cmd_ingest(args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
     config = load_config(args.config, allow_demo_default=False)
+    if getattr(args, "yolo", False):
+        _apply_yolo(config)
+        _hint("yolo: agent fetchers run with bypass/--yolo + shell enabled for this ingest -- trusted sources only.")
     store = JsonlStore(config)
     source_args = args.source if isinstance(args.source, list) else [args.source]
     stdin_text = sys.stdin.read() if "-" in source_args else None
@@ -744,6 +756,11 @@ def build_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
         "--prompt",
         help="Fetch/extract instruction for agent (claude/codex/hermes) or command fetchers, e.g. 'extract product name, price, reviews as JSON'.",
     )
+    ingest.add_argument(
+        "--yolo",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Run agent/command fetchers unattended: codex --dangerously-bypass-approvals, hermes --yolo, command shell. Trusted sources only.",
+    )
     ingest.set_defaults(func=cmd_ingest)
 
     index = subparsers.add_parser("index", help="Build optional Postgres/pgvector semantic index.")
diff --git a/tests/test_sources_fetchers.py b/tests/test_sources_fetchers.py
index 30f460f..2ed17f3 100644
--- a/tests/test_sources_fetchers.py
+++ b/tests/test_sources_fetchers.py
@@ -149,3 +149,20 @@ def test_command_fetcher_substitutes_prompt() -> None:
     config = {"sources": {"command": {"argv": ["python3", "-c", "import sys;print('# Cmd\\n\\n'+sys.argv[1])", "{prompt}"]}}}
     rec = load_url("https://x", fetcher="command", config=config, fetch_prompt="do the thing")
     assert "do the thing" in rec.text
+
+
+def test_yolo_enables_unattended_agent_fetching() -> None:
+    from doxa.cli import _apply_yolo, build_parser
+    from doxa.sources.fetchers import _AGENT_PRESETS, _CODEX_BYPASS_FLAG, _agent_argv
+
+    assert build_parser().parse_args(["ingest", "-", "--yolo"]).yolo is True
+
+    config: dict = {}
+    _apply_yolo(config)
+    s = config["sources"]
+    assert s["codex"]["unsafe_bypass"] is True
+    assert s["hermes"]["unsafe_yolo"] is True
+    assert s["command"]["allow_shell"] is True
+    # the agent argv builder honors the flipped opt-ins
+    assert _CODEX_BYPASS_FLAG in _agent_argv("codex", _AGENT_PRESETS["codex"]["argv"], s["codex"])
+    assert "--yolo" in _agent_argv("hermes", _AGENT_PRESETS["hermes"]["argv"], s["hermes"])