CLAUDE_CODE_PROVIDER_MANAGED_BY_HOST
A Claude Code environment variable, read out of the shipped bundle. It has been in the build since v2.1.138, including the newest one read.
What it is
Setting CLAUDE_CODE_PROVIDER_MANAGED_BY_HOST makes the parent process dictate your model settings, ignoring your settings file.
Not Anthropic's. This is the line from the earliest changelog entry here that named it, v2.1.222.
Presence across releases
| Releases | Reading | Declared type | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1.245 – 2.1.250 5 releases | never mined | — | — |
| 2.1.160 – 2.1.243 75 releases | in the build | bool | — |
| 2.1.138 – 2.1.159 20 releases | in the build | — | — |
A row reading never mined is a release with no archived bundle behind it. Nothing was read out of it, so nothing here says whether the name was in it. A declared type or a default is only ever what that release's own bundle stated.
Changelog entries naming it
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v2.1.229OpenTelemetry can be sent through Anthropic's first-party gateway
Telemetry can route through Anthropic's own gateway, but only under a narrow set of conditions.
named in this entry
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v2.1.225OAuth 401 recovery no longer silently replaces a user-supplied token
Your explicitly set OAuth token is no longer silently swapped for a stored credential after a 401.
named in this entry
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v2.1.222Host-managed provider sessions take model policy from the parent process
Setting CLAUDE_CODE_PROVIDER_MANAGED_BY_HOST makes the parent process dictate your model settings, ignoring your settings file.
named in this entry
Documentation pages
- Claude Code changelog mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Data usage mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Interactive mode mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Connect Claude Code to tools via MCP mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Model configuration mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Enterprise network configuration mentions it Claude Code CLI
A reference table page is one whose own table defines this name, and it is where the description above came from. A page that mentions it carries the name somewhere in its text and may say nothing about it at all. Every page carrying it.
Names beside it
Every environment variable in the inventory starting claude_code, up to twelve of them.
CLAUDE_CODE_3P_PROBE_WROTE_OPUS_DEFAULTNo description from anybody. 2.1.207
CLAUDE_CODE_3P_PROBE_WROTE_SONNET_DEFAULTNo description from anybody. 2.1.207
CLAUDE_CODE_ACCESSIBILITYSet to 1 to keep the native terminal cursor visible and disable the inverted-text cursor indicator. Allows screen magnifiers like macOS Zoom to track cursor position 2.1.138
CLAUDE_CODE_ACCOUNT_TAGGED_IDNo description from anybody. 2.1.138
CLAUDE_CODE_ACCOUNT_UUIDThe device bridge is skipped entirely when the host's account UUID doesn't match the stored one. 2.1.138
CLAUDE_CODE_ACT_DONT_REDERIVEThree existing feature gates moved position; their defaults are unchanged. 2.1.162
CLAUDE_CODE_ACTIONNo description from anybody. 2.1.138
CLAUDE_CODE_ADDITIONAL_DIRECTORIES_CLAUDE_MDSet 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 directories do not load memory files 2.1.138
CLAUDE_CODE_ADDITIONAL_PROTECTIONNo description from anybody. 2.1.138
CLAUDE_CODE_ADOPT_UNDERIVABLE_PARKED_PERMISSIONA resumed headless session could hand you back a permission prompt left unanswered, but three variables must be set. 2.1.238
CLAUDE_CODE_AGENTNo description from anybody. 2.1.138
CLAUDE_CODE_AGENT_COST_STEERNo description from anybody. 2.1.138
Read out of the published npm bundle release by release, and out of Anthropic's own documentation as this site captured it. Nothing on this page is a description anybody here wrote about what the environment variable does. All environment variables.