Claude Code

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• Claude Code 2.1.304 adds guided auto-mode setup and expanded Code Review controls

  October 19, 2026

  Claude Code 2.1.304 introduces a guided auto-mode setup using /auto-mode-setup that scans your project and recent sessions to configure the environment automatically. Code Review levels now support …

• Claude Code 2.1.302 reorganizes admin settings into four tabs

  October 16, 2026

  Claude Tag admin settings are now organized into four tabs—Bundles, Connectors, Skills & plugins, and Channels.

• Claude Code 2.1.301 adds LaTeX rendering, % motion, terminal input

  October 15, 2026

  LaTeX rendering now works in VSCode responses, supporting $$, \[ \], inline $…$ and \(…\) formats. Vim mode adds a % motion that jumps to the matching bracket, usable with delete, change, or yank …

• Claude Code 2.1.299 adds /effort and /fast session presets

  October 14, 2026

  Claude Code 2.1.299 introduces /effort and /fast commands in the agent view, opening a picker to set default session parameters, with /model also invoking the picker. Claude Code 2.1.300 adds UI …

• Claude Code: news of 2026-10-09

  October 9, 2026

  Version 2.1.296 introduces a new code policy key for the Claude apps gateway, mirroring CLI settings and enabling gateway mode in Claude Desktop’s Code tab. A new CLAUDE_CODE_WORKFLOW_SUBAGENT_MODEL …

• Claude Code: news of 2026-10-08

  October 8, 2026

  Chat row for files appears in VSCode, listing files Claude sends and allowing you to click a filename to open it directly in the editor. The file’s caption shows underneath, and the row stays visible …

• Claude Code: news of 2026-10-07

  October 7, 2026

  Claude Code now uses Claude Haiku 5.5 as the default Anthropic Haiku model, offering a 1 million-token context window with updated pricing.

• Claude Code: news of 2026-10-06

  October 6, 2026

  Claude Code 2.1.292 adds an effort parameter to the Agent tool, letting you control the computational intensity at which Claude runs sub-agents.

• Claude Code: news of 2026-10-05

  October 5, 2026

  Claude Code 2.1.290 adds a Deny button to sign-in approval, letting you cancel pending logins instantly. The claude attach and claude logs commands now accept partial session names instead of IDs …

• Claude Code: news of 2026-10-03

  October 3, 2026

  Claude Code 2.1.289 adds agent.spawn to create teammate agents, maintains consistent agent IDs across plugin hook events, and introduces idle and waiting states visible in $.agent.list().

• Claude Code: news of 2026-10-02

  October 2, 2026

  Claude Code 2.1.288 adds $.ui.selection() for mods, letting you retrieve the text you last selected in fullscreen mode and the transcript row containing that selection.

• Claude Code: news of 2026-10-01

  October 1, 2026

  You Should Know, a built-in side agent that flags potential issues, is now available for first-party sessions with telemetry enabled. A new n: filter in the agents view lets you search session names …

• Claude Code: news of 2026-09-30

  September 30, 2026

  Claude Code 2.1.286 adds bookmarks to save and pin Claude's responses in a side panel for easy reference. The conversation now displays questions Claude asks alongside your answers in a dedicated …

• Claude Code: news of 2026-09-29

  September 29, 2026

  Claude Code 2.1.285 adds a claude --desktop command to launch the desktop app in your current directory or resume a session. Plugin configuration is now easier: use claude plugin configure to view …

• Claude Code: news of 2026-09-28

  September 28, 2026

  Claude Sonnet 5.5 is now available and set as the default Sonnet model, offering 1M context window and improved pricing with cache read discounts. MCP server reconnection is now easier with a single …

• Claude Code: news of 2026-09-25

  September 25, 2026

  Prompt audit command lets you check your CLAUDE.md files, skills, agents and commands for outdated prompting patterns. Amazon Bedrock Mantle support adds a new upstream provider to the Claude apps …

• Claude Code: news of 2026-09-24

  September 24, 2026

  Claude Code 2.1.282 now lets you attach a repository from a different GitHub owner—such as an upstream fork—to an active cloud session that already has one, including sessions started from Slack.

• Claude Code: news of 2026-09-23

  September 23, 2026

  MCP URL-mode elicitation now lets servers request Claude Code to open browser-based flows without leaving a waiting dialog on screen. AGENTS.md support now works on Amazon Bedrock, Google Vertex AI …

• Claude Code: news of 2026-09-22

  September 22, 2026

  Claude Code now uses Claude Opus 5.5 as the default model, offering a 1 million-token context window and new pricing tiers. In VSCode a new Status dialog can be opened with “/status” to view the …

• Claude Code: news of 2026-09-18

  September 18, 2026

  In VSCode, the panel menu now includes a Sign out option, letting users log out directly from the interface. VSCode’s agent map now displays Background shells and tasks, each with a Stop button and a …