tengu_sorrel_avocet
A Claude Code feature flag, read out of the shipped bundle. It has been in the build since v2.1.219, including the newest one read.
What it is
Claude could start deep research on its own instead of waiting for you to ask, if enabled.
Not Anthropic's. This is the line from the earliest changelog entry here that named it, v2.1.219.
Presence across releases
| Releases | Reading | Declared type | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1.245 – 2.1.250 5 releases | never mined | — | — |
| 2.1.219 – 2.1.243 24 releases | in the build | — | unknown |
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.
Gate readings
| Release | Resolved | This account | Anonymous | Compiled default |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| v2.1.219 read on another version | Off in both readings | off | off | not a boolean we can read |
Two arms, because they disagree: this account is the one account this site reads and anonymous is a baseline with no identity attached. A reading says nothing about your account, and off cannot rule out a rollout both readings sit outside of. What these readings can and cannot show.
Changelog entries naming it
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v2.1.219Bundled workflows can gate model invocation at runtime; deep-research wired to a new flag
Claude could start deep research on its own instead of waiting for you to ask, if enabled.
gate cited by this entry
Documentation pages
None of Anthropic's documentation pages this site has a copy of carries this name.
Names beside it
Every feature flag in the inventory starting tengu_sorrel, up to twelve of them.
tengu_sorrel_trellisClaude can watch artifact comment threads and post replies or edits, off unless you set the env var. 2.1.221
tengu_sorrel_trellis_finialArtifact comment replies get grouped wakes and a stand-down when everything was already answered, both switched off. never mined
tengu_sorrel_trellis_lintelA comment sent moments before a watch starts could get a reply, but the flag is off. 2.1.236
tengu_sorrel_trellis_weirHow many turns Claude takes automatically can now be set from the server, still defaulting to 60. 2.1.227
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 feature flag does. All feature flags.