Connect Claude Code to tools via MCP changedmcp
Nearest release: v2.1.299, published 2 hours before upstream edited the page. Shown because the two are within 24 hours of each other. Nothing here says the release caused the edit.
Upstream edited this page at 14 Oct 2026 02:42 UTC, give or take a minute or two: the time comes from Anthropic’s own sitemap rather than from a commit. This site recorded the change at 14 Oct 2026 03:07 UTC.
Upstream edited
Recorded here
Lines+1added
Lines−1removed
From line
1,507
where the diff opens
First seen
14 Aug 2026
this site's first read of the page
Recorded edits83to this page, all time
The whole hunk
from line 1507, old and new numbered
/
from line 1507
15071507
15081508Tool search is enabled by default: MCP tools are deferred and discovered on demand. Claude Code disables it when `ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL` points to a non-first-party host, since most proxies don't forward `tool_reference` blocks. Set `ENABLE_TOOL_SEARCH` explicitly to override that fallback.
15091509
1510Setting [`CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_BETAS`](/docs/en/env-vars) keeps tool search off. You can't override it by setting `ENABLE_TOOL_SEARCH` yourself. Your organization can keep tool search on through [managed settings](/docs/en/managed-settings), on Claude Code v2.1.227 or later. [Disable pre-release capabilities](/docs/en/llm-gateway-protocol#disable-pre-release-capabilities) covers where the override applies and what the variable strips.
1510Setting [`CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_BETAS`](/docs/en/env-vars) keeps tool search off. You can't override it by setting `ENABLE_TOOL_SEARCH` yourself. On Claude Code v2.1.227 or later, your organization can keep tool search on under this variable through [managed settings](/docs/en/managed-settings). In a session that [gets the HIPAA configuration](/docs/en/hipaa-setup#check-how-developers-sign-in-and-connect), tool search is off, and neither `ENABLE_TOOL_SEARCH` nor managed settings turns it back on. [Disable pre-release capabilities](/docs/en/llm-gateway-protocol#disable-pre-release-capabilities) covers where the override applies and what the variable strips.
15111511
15121512Claude Code uses tool search on Claude Opus 4, Claude Sonnet 4, Claude Haiku 4.5, and later models, or Opus 4.5, Sonnet 4.5, Haiku 4.5, and later models on Google Cloud's Agent Platform. On earlier models, Claude Code loads all MCP tools upfront, and `ENABLE_TOOL_SEARCH=true` doesn't override this.
15131513
No line in this hunk matches that.