# Claude Code v2.1.176: system prompt

> 1 of 25 tool descriptions changed. Compared against v2.1.175.

Web version: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.176?arm=cli

## What this version holds
- model strings captured: 27
- tool descriptions: 25
- compared against: v2.1.175
- system prompt edits: 0
- widest system prompt edit: +0/-0 lines
- tool descriptions changed: 1

## What moved

### Tool: Agent, reached 17 of 27 arms (+1/-1 lines)

This edit reached 17 of 27 arms: claude-3-5-haiku, claude-3-5-sonnet, claude-3-7-sonnet, claude-3-opus, claude-haiku-4-5, claude-opus-4-5, claude-opus-4-6, claude-opus-4-7, claude-sonnet-4-0, claude-sonnet-4-5, claude-sonnet-4-6, claude-sonnet-5, claude-sonnet-5[1m], haiku, opusplan, sonnet, sonnet[1m].

```diff
@@ from line 23 @@
 - You can optionally run agents in the background using the run_in_background parameter. When an agent runs in the background, you will be automatically notified when it completes — do NOT sleep, poll, or proactively check on its progress. Continue with other work or respond to the user instead.
 - **Foreground vs background**: Use foreground (default) when you need the agent's results before you can proceed — e.g., research agents whose findings inform your next steps. Use background when you have genuinely independent work to do in parallel.
 - To continue a previously spawned agent, use SendMessage with the agent's ID or name as the `to` field — that resumes it with full context. A new Agent call starts a fresh agent with no memory of prior runs, so the prompt must be self-contained.
-- Clearly tell the agent whether you expect it to write code or just to do research (search, file reads, web fetches, etc.), since it is not aware of the user's intent
+- Clearly tell the agent whether you expect it to write code or just to do research (search, file reads, web fetches, etc.), since a fresh agent is not aware of the user's intent
 - If the agent description mentions that it should be used proactively, then you should try your best to use it without the user having to ask for it first.
 - If the user specifies that they want you to run agents "in parallel", you MUST send a single message with multiple Agent tool use content blocks. For example, if you need to launch both a build-validator agent and a test-runner agent in parallel, send a single message with both tool calls.
 - With `isolation: "worktree"`, the worktree is automatically cleaned up if the agent makes no changes; otherwise the path and branch are returned in the result.
```

## Tool descriptions
- Agent (changed in this version): https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.176/tools/Agent.txt?arm=cli
- AskUserQuestion: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.176/tools/AskUserQuestion.txt?arm=cli
- Bash: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.176/tools/Bash.txt?arm=cli
- CronCreate: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.176/tools/CronCreate.txt?arm=cli
- CronDelete: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.176/tools/CronDelete.txt?arm=cli
- CronList: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.176/tools/CronList.txt?arm=cli
- Edit: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.176/tools/Edit.txt?arm=cli
- EnterPlanMode: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.176/tools/EnterPlanMode.txt?arm=cli
- EnterWorktree: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.176/tools/EnterWorktree.txt?arm=cli
- ExitPlanMode: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.176/tools/ExitPlanMode.txt?arm=cli
- ExitWorktree: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.176/tools/ExitWorktree.txt?arm=cli
- NotebookEdit: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.176/tools/NotebookEdit.txt?arm=cli
- Read: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.176/tools/Read.txt?arm=cli
- ScheduleWakeup: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.176/tools/ScheduleWakeup.txt?arm=cli
- Skill: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.176/tools/Skill.txt?arm=cli
- TaskCreate: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.176/tools/TaskCreate.txt?arm=cli
- TaskGet: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.176/tools/TaskGet.txt?arm=cli
- TaskList: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.176/tools/TaskList.txt?arm=cli
- TaskOutput: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.176/tools/TaskOutput.txt?arm=cli
- TaskStop: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.176/tools/TaskStop.txt?arm=cli
- TaskUpdate: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.176/tools/TaskUpdate.txt?arm=cli
- WebFetch: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.176/tools/WebFetch.txt?arm=cli
- WebSearch: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.176/tools/WebSearch.txt?arm=cli
- Workflow: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.176/tools/Workflow.txt?arm=cli
- Write: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.176/tools/Write.txt?arm=cli

## Full text
- system prompt: https://changelogs.core-directive.com/prompts/2.1.176/system.txt?arm=cli