availableModels
A Claude Code settings key, read out of the shipped bundle. It has been in the build since v2.1.138, including the newest one read.
What it is
[Restrict which models](/docs/en/model-config#restrict-model-selection) people can pick
Anthropic's own wording. Read off Claude Code settings reference, captured 2026-08-28.
Presence across releases
| Releases | Reading | Declared type | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1.245 – 2.1.250 5 releases | never mined | — | — |
| 2.1.138 – 2.1.243 95 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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v2.1.222Subagent models outside the allowlist step down within their family
Subagents asking for a disallowed model now drop to the newest allowed model in the same family.
named in this entry
Documentation pages
- Claude Code settings reference reference table Claude Code CLI
- Claude Code settings reference table Claude Code CLI
- Set up Claude Code for your organization mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Escalate hard decisions with the advisor tool mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Agent SDK reference - Python mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Agent SDK reference - TypeScript mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Orchestrate teams of Claude Code sessions mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Claude Code on Amazon Bedrock mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Claude Code changelog mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Claude apps gateway for Amazon Bedrock, Claude Platform on AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Foundry mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Claude apps gateway configuration mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Configure cloud environments mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Desktop application mentions it Claude Code CLI
- Environment variables 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.
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 settings key does. All settings keys.