# Claude Code v2.1.169: system prompt

> 2 added and 0 removed, of 222 lines, about 45 words, in the prompt 17 of 27 arms receive. 1 other prompt also changed. Compared against v2.1.168.

The two arm counts on this page measure different things: 17 arms receive the prompt the headline is about, and the widest edit below reached 27, because the same changed lines sit in more than one prompt.

Web version: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.169?arm=sdk-cli

## What this version holds
- model strings captured: 27
- tool descriptions: 25
- compared against: v2.1.168
- system prompt edits: 1
- widest system prompt edit: +2/-0 lines
- tool descriptions changed: 0

## What moved

### System prompt (+2/-0 lines)

This edit reached all 27 arms.

```diff
@@ from line 55 @@
 
 # Context management
 When the conversation grows long, some or all of the current context is summarized; the summary, along with any remaining unsummarized context, is provided in the next context window so work can continue — you don't need to wrap up early or hand off mid-task.
+
+When you have enough information to act, act. Do not re-derive facts already established in the conversation, re-litigate a decision the user has already made, or narrate options you will not pursue. If you are weighing a choice, give a recommendation, not an exhaustive survey
```

## Tool descriptions
- Agent: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.169/tools/Agent.txt?arm=sdk-cli
- AskUserQuestion: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.169/tools/AskUserQuestion.txt?arm=sdk-cli
- Bash: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.169/tools/Bash.txt?arm=sdk-cli
- CronCreate: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.169/tools/CronCreate.txt?arm=sdk-cli
- CronDelete: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.169/tools/CronDelete.txt?arm=sdk-cli
- CronList: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.169/tools/CronList.txt?arm=sdk-cli
- Edit: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.169/tools/Edit.txt?arm=sdk-cli
- EnterPlanMode: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.169/tools/EnterPlanMode.txt?arm=sdk-cli
- EnterWorktree: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.169/tools/EnterWorktree.txt?arm=sdk-cli
- ExitPlanMode: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.169/tools/ExitPlanMode.txt?arm=sdk-cli
- ExitWorktree: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.169/tools/ExitWorktree.txt?arm=sdk-cli
- NotebookEdit: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.169/tools/NotebookEdit.txt?arm=sdk-cli
- Read: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.169/tools/Read.txt?arm=sdk-cli
- ScheduleWakeup: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.169/tools/ScheduleWakeup.txt?arm=sdk-cli
- Skill: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.169/tools/Skill.txt?arm=sdk-cli
- TaskCreate: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.169/tools/TaskCreate.txt?arm=sdk-cli
- TaskGet: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.169/tools/TaskGet.txt?arm=sdk-cli
- TaskList: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.169/tools/TaskList.txt?arm=sdk-cli
- TaskOutput: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.169/tools/TaskOutput.txt?arm=sdk-cli
- TaskStop: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.169/tools/TaskStop.txt?arm=sdk-cli
- TaskUpdate: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.169/tools/TaskUpdate.txt?arm=sdk-cli
- WebFetch: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.169/tools/WebFetch.txt?arm=sdk-cli
- WebSearch: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.169/tools/WebSearch.txt?arm=sdk-cli
- Workflow: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.169/tools/Workflow.txt?arm=sdk-cli
- Write: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.169/tools/Write.txt?arm=sdk-cli

## Full text
- system prompt: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.169/system.txt?arm=sdk-cli