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Claude Code changelog Claude Code CLI · in the page changelog …ing; it now appears under its real scope * Fixed MCP servers whose `headersHelper` supplies the `Authorization` header falling into OAuth discovery on a 401 instead of re-running the helper and retr… Discover and install prebuilt plugins through marketplaces Claude Code CLI · in the page discover-plugins …o-update also leaves out a plugin whose marketplace entry declares a `headersHelper`: Claude Code [neither runs the command nor downloads the archive](/docs/en/plugin-marketplaces#installs-and-updates… Error reference Claude Code CLI · in the page errors …| | `headersHelper for MCP server '<name>' references ${user_config.*}`… Hooks reference Claude Code CLI · in the page hooks …Claude Code v2.1.229 or later * Claude Code also blocks marketplace [`headersHelper` commands](/docs/en/plugin-marketplaces#authenticate-archive-downloads) unless [`disableCommandPluginSources`](/docs… Control MCP server access for your organization Claude Code CLI · in the page managed-mcp …ith-remote-mcp-servers) so each user authenticates as themselves. * [`headersHelper`](/docs/en/mcp#use-dynamic-headers-for-custom-authentication) to generate credentials at connection time. ### Valid… Deploy managed settings Claude Code CLI · in the page managed-settings …he marketplace-declared command never runs. Also blocks marketplace [`headersHelper` commands](/docs/en/plugin-marketplaces#authenticate-archive-downloads), except for a marketplace that managed setti… Connect Claude Code to tools via MCP Claude Code CLI · in the page mcp …N"}}' ``` The `type: "ws"` entry accepts the same `url`, `headers`, `headersHelper`, `timeout`, and `alwaysLoad` fields as `http`. Authentication is header-only, so pass a static token in `headers` o… Monitoring Claude Code CLI · in the page monitoring-usage …placing the path with your own script: ```json theme={null} { "otelHeadersHelper": "/path/to/generate-otel-headers.sh" } ``` The value can be the path to an executable file, including a path that… Configure permissions Claude Code CLI · in the page permissions …st` in the same folder still reports such a server as pending | | A [`headersHelper`](/docs/en/mcp#trust-a-folder-before-its-headershelper-runs) on a server in `.mcp.json`. Before v2.1.238, Claude Cod… Constrain plugin dependency versions Claude Code CLI · in the page plugin-dependencies …ce](/docs/en/plugin-marketplaces#how-users-accept-the-command) or a [`headersHelper`](/docs/en/plugin-marketplaces#how-users-accept-a-headershelper-command), which you install yourself first. Later, `… Create and distribute a plugin marketplace Claude Code CLI · in the page plugin-marketplaces …`source`, `category`, `tags`, `strict`, `relevance`, `headers`, and `headersHelper`. ### Required fields | Field | Type | Description… Plugins reference Claude Code CLI · in the page plugins-reference …| | MCP [`headersHelper`](/docs/en/mcp#use-dynamic-headers-for-custom-authentication) | Read the value from a config file in the script… Configure server-managed settings Claude Code CLI · in the page server-managed-settings …urce that sets any of them as a unit. A source that delivers the `otelHeadersHelper` credential key claims the unit too, but lands these variables only when it is the winning source: a non-winning sou… Claude Code settings Claude Code CLI · in the page settings …| | `otelHeadersHelper` | Script to generate dynamic OpenTelemetry headers. Runs at startup and periodically. Set the refres… Claude Code settings reference Claude Code CLI · in the page settings-reference …odel and responses | Managed | | [`otelHeadersHelper`](#otelheadershelper) | Generate rotating [OpenTelemetry](/doc… Changelog Claude Documentation · in the page cowork/changelog …on Intel Macs. **3P** * Added `bootstrapHeaders` and `bootstrapHeadersHelper` for authenticating the bootstrap configuration fetch with a service-account credential, the supported replacement f… Deploy with a bootstrap server Claude Documentation · in the page third-party/claude-desktop/bootstrap …otstrapUrl`, optional `bootstrapOidc` or `bootstrapHeaders`/`bootstrapHeadersHelper`, and the `bootstrapEnabled` opt-out), and Claude Desktop does not consult MDM for any key the bootstrap server is p… Configuration reference Claude Documentation · in the page third-party/claude-desktop/configuration …otating values. | | `headersHelper` | `string` | — | Script that prints the auth header as a JSON object to stdout. Run… Configuration changelog Claude Documentation · in the page third-party/claude-desktop/configuration-changelog …| `object` | Bootstrap request headers | | [`bootstrapHeadersHelper`](/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/configuration#bootstrapheadershelper) | `string` | Bootstrap headers helper scrip… Connect to GitHub Claude Documentation · in the page third-party/claude-desktop/connectors-github …url": "https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/", "transport": "http", "headersHelper": "/opt/org/bin/github-token" } ``` The `headersHelper` executable prints the request headers as a flat JSON object… Write a credential helper Claude Documentation · in the page third-party/claude-desktop/credential-helper …esktop/configuration#managedmcpservers) uses the separate per-server `headersHelper` key, which follows the same execution model but prints a flat JSON header map and has its own cache and renewal set… MCP, plugins, skills, and hooks Claude Documentation · in the page third-party/claude-desktop/extensions …me": "ticketing", "url": "https://tickets.example.corp/mcp", "headersHelper": "/usr/local/bin/corp-sso-token", "headersHelperTtlSec": 900 } ] ``` See the [`managedMcpServers` schema](/d… SSH remote sessions in Claude Desktop on 3P Claude Documentation · in the page third-party/claude-desktop/ssh-remote-sessions …s. A collector at `localhost` on the device is not forwarded. An `otlpHeadersHelper` runs on the device at session start, and the remote session keeps those headers for its lifetime. * `disabledBuilti… Telemetry and egress Claude Documentation · in the page third-party/claude-desktop/telemetry …ng. For a collector credential that cannot be a static header, [`otlpHeadersHelper`](/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/configuration#otlpheadershelper) names a script on the device that prints the hea… Web search and web fetch Claude Documentation · in the page third-party/claude-desktop/web-tools …rch", "server": "websearch", "provider": "tavily", "headersHelper": "/opt/org/bin/tavily-headers", "toolPolicy": { "web_search": "allow" } } ] } ``` <Note> A hosted-ve…