remoteTools
A Claude Code settings key, read out of the shipped bundle. It was in the build from v2.1.259 and was gone by v2.1.284.
A new 'safeguards' remote-control security channel exists but its rule list is empty, so it currently blocks nothing
Not Anthropic's. This is the line from the earliest changelog entry here that named it, v2.1.267.
In the changelogs
5Releases whose published page names remoteTools.
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v2.1.282
Invalid managed settings now fall back to their strict value in one consistent way
Bad values in managed settings now fall back to the strict choice by one shared rule, and one bad
enabledPluginsentry no longer voids the restfound in this entry's text
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v2.1.267
Remote-control 'safeguards' verification channel is built but its checklist is empty
A new 'safeguards' remote-control security channel exists but its rule list is empty, so it currently blocks nothing
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v2.1.267
New "safeguards" permission-context capability
Permission settings gained a new 'safeguards' flag alongside remote tools, hooks, and plugins
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v2.1.267
Remote control now filters/strips forwarded plugin and safeguard settings per capability
Remote control now strips plugin and safeguard settings from forwarded requests unless explicitly permitted
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v2.1.267
New 'safeguards' trust category added to the remote-io flag-settings filter, with skip reporting
Remote connections get a new 'safeguards' trust category that blocks unverified attempts to disable protections
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First cited
5The earliest release whose published evidence quoted remoteTools was v2.1.259, 2 Sep 2026. That is the oldest release this project wrote about it, so it is a floor on the name's age and not the release that introduced it. It is not a presence reading: which builds carried the name is the table below.
Presence across releases
2Build by build
55One row per release since the first build this name was read out of. Absent means the build was read and the name was not in it, never mined means no bundle for that release was ever archived, and a declared type or a default is only ever what that release's own bundle stated.
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.