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Use Claude Code features in the SDK Claude Code CLI · in the page agent-sdk/claude-code-features …ories` or `add_dirs` option, which the SDK passes to Claude Code as [`--add-dir`](/docs/en/permissions#additional-directories-grant-file-access-not-configuration) | | `"user"` | User `settings.json… Agent SDK reference - Python Claude Code CLI · in the page agent-sdk/python …ories Claude can access. The SDK passes each entry to Claude Code as `--add-dir`, so with the `project` setting source Claude Code also [loads the directory's skills, commands, and subagents](/docs/en… Extend agents with skills Claude Code CLI · in the page agent-sdk/skills …Python), because the SDK passes those directories to Claude Code as [`--add-dir`](/docs/en/skills#skills-from-additional-directories). If you set `settingSources` explicitly, include `'project'` to ke… Subagents in the SDK Claude Code CLI · in the page agent-sdk/subagents …Python) or `additionalDirectories` (TypeScript) option, or the CLI's `--add-dir` or `/add-dir`, but doesn't watch them, so a new or edited file there needs a session restart. * **A programmatic agent… Agent SDK reference - TypeScript Claude Code CLI · in the page agent-sdk/typescript …ories Claude can access. The SDK passes each entry to Claude Code as `--add-dir`, so with the `project` setting source Claude Code also [loads the directory's skills, commands, and subagents](/docs/en… Manage multiple agents with agent view Claude Code CLI · in the page agent-view …effect: * `--mcp-config` and `--strict-mcp-config` * `--settings` * `--add-dir` * `--plugin-dir` * `--fallback-model` * `--allow-dangerously-skip-permissions` Directories you added during the sessio… Claude Code changelog Claude Code CLI · in the page changelog …lper` in a project `.mcp.json`, and inline MCP servers in project or `--add-dir` agent files, now require that folder's trust dialog to have been accepted (also under `claude -p`) * MCP `headersHelp… CLI reference Claude Code CLI · in the page cli-reference …/agent-view#permission-mode-model-and-effort). Accepts `--settings`, `--add-dir`, `--plugin-dir`, and `--mcp-config` like the top-level `claude` command. Opening agent view requires an interactive ter… Desktop application Claude Code CLI · in the page desktop …"; on Team and Enterprise plans, organization policy controls it | | `--add-dir` | Add multiple repos with the **+** button in cloud sessions… Environment variables Claude Code CLI · in the page env-vars …| Set to `1` to load memory files from directories specified with `--add-dir`. Loads `CLAUDE.md`, `.claude/CLAUDE.md`, `.claude/rules/*.md`, and `CLAUDE.local.md`. By default, additional directorie… Glossary Claude Code CLI · in the page glossary …memory, or CLAUDE.md, apart from skills in a directory you pass with `--add-dir`. Recommended for CI and scripted calls where you need the same result on every machine. Learn more: [Start faster with… Run Claude Code programmatically Claude Code CLI · in the page headless …t run, because bare mode never reads them. A directory you name with `--add-dir` is a partial exception: bare mode loads skills from its `.claude/skills/` folder, but still skips its `.claude/commands… Hooks reference Claude Code CLI · in the page hooks …Code doesn't fire this event when: * You pass a directory with the `--add-dir` startup flag; [SessionStart](#sessionstart) covers those directories * You add a directory on the `/permissions` Worksp… Set up Claude Code in a monorepo or large codebase Claude Code CLI · in the page large-codebases …another repository from the same session | [`--add-dir`](#grant-access-across-packages-or-repositories) or `additionalDirectories` | | Give Claude procedures specific to on… Connect Claude Code to tools via MCP Claude Code CLI · in the page mcp …ctory](/docs/en/permissions#working-directories) you've granted with `--add-dir`, `/add-dir`, or the `additionalDirectories` setting. Claude Code sends `notifications/roots/list_changed` when that set… How Claude remembers your project Claude Code CLI · in the page memory …comments remain visible. #### Load from additional directories The `--add-dir` flag gives Claude access to additional directories outside your main working directory. By default, CLAUDE.md files fro… Configure permissions Claude Code CLI · in the page permissions …r-directory). You can extend this access: * **During startup**: use `--add-dir <path>` CLI argument * **During session**: use `/add-dir` command * **Persistent configuration**: add to `additionalDire… Create and distribute a plugin marketplace Claude Code CLI · in the page plugin-marketplaces …etplaces) depending on which file declares it. * **Command set in an `--add-dir` directory's settings**: Claude Code ignores it, on a `url` source and on an [inline plugin entry](/docs/en/settings-ref… Manage sessions Claude Code CLI · in the page sessions …ings`, `--plugin-dir`, `--fallback-model`, or directories added with `--add-dir`, pass them again when you resume; directories added mid-session with `/add-dir` aren't restored either, though the sess… Claude Code settings reference Claude Code CLI · in the page settings-reference …of directory paths * **Default**: unset * **Per-session overrides**: `--add-dir` and `/add-dir` add directories for one session alongside this key ```json settings.json theme={null} { "permissions"… Extend Claude with skills Claude Code CLI · in the page skills …s/`, the project `.claude/skills/`, or a `.claude/skills/` inside an `--add-dir` directory, Claude Code picks up the change within the current session, without a restart. If you create a top-level ski… Customize your status line Claude Code CLI · in the page statusline …| Additional directories added via `/add-dir` or `--add-dir`. Empty array if none have been added… Create custom subagents Claude Code CLI · in the page sub-agents …ion closest to the working directory. When you add a directory with `--add-dir` or `/add-dir`, Claude Code also loads its `.claude/agents/` folder, alongside your project subagents. See [Additional d… Tools reference Claude Code CLI · in the page tools-reference …directory](/docs/en/permissions#working-directories) you added with `--add-dir`, `/add-dir`, or `additionalDirectories` in settings. Subagent sessions never carry over working directory changes. *… Week 20 · May 11–15, 2026 Claude Code CLI · in the page whats-new/2026-w20 …id"> <div><code>claude agents</code> gained dispatch flags (<code>--add-dir</code>, <code>--settings</code>, <code>--mcp-config</code>, <code>--plugin-dir</code>, <code>--permission-mode</code>, <…