{"name":"Task","slug":"task","family":"tool","title":"Tools","noun":"tool","description":"Tools gain a `backgrounding` setting controlling whether they can keep running in the background","description_source":"entry","described_by":{"version":"2.1.277","anchor":"new-tool-backgrounding-field-controls-detachselfnever-ex"},"presence":{"first_seen":null,"removed_in":null,"in_current_build":false,"newest_mined":"2.1.308","builds":0,"mined_builds":149,"first_cited":null},"aliases":[],"entries":[{"version":"2.1.277","anchor":"new-tool-backgrounding-field-controls-detachselfnever-ex","heading":"New tool backgrounding field controls detach\/self\/never execution mode","line":"Tools gain a `backgrounding` setting controlling whether they can keep running in the background","released_at":"2026-09-18 16:22:26","reason":"found in this entry's text"},{"version":"2.1.277","anchor":"per-tool-backgrounding-classification-rolled-out-across-ne","heading":"Per-tool 'backgrounding' classification rolled out across nearly all built-in tools","line":"Nearly every built-in tool now carries a 'backgrounding' classification of never, self, or detach","released_at":"2026-09-18 16:22:26","reason":"found in this entry's text"},{"version":"2.1.63","anchor":"notes","heading":"","line":null,"released_at":"2026-02-28 02:43:42","reason":"found in this entry's text"},{"version":"2.1.63","anchor":"task-tool-renamed-to-agent","heading":"Task Tool Renamed to Agent","line":null,"released_at":"2026-02-28 02:43:42","reason":"found in this entry's text"},{"version":"2.1.3","anchor":"custom-keybindings-support","heading":"Custom Keybindings Support","line":null,"released_at":"2026-01-09 21:05:42","reason":"found in this entry's text"},{"version":"2.0.74","anchor":"notes","heading":"","line":null,"released_at":"2025-12-19 21:08:38","reason":"found in this entry's text"},{"version":"2.0.74","anchor":"teammate-swarm-feature-removed","heading":"Teammate\/Swarm Feature Removed","line":null,"released_at":"2025-12-19 21:08:38","reason":"found in this entry's text"},{"version":"1.0.45","anchor":"agent-system-enhancement","heading":"Agent System Enhancement","line":null,"released_at":"2025-07-08 20:38:34","reason":"found in this entry's text"}],"entries_total":8,"docs":[{"source":"api","path":"about-claude\/api-credits-for-subscribers","title":"api-credits-for-subscribers","documented":false},{"source":"api","path":"about-claude\/glossary","title":"glossary","documented":false},{"source":"api","path":"about-claude\/model-deprecations","title":"model-deprecations","documented":false},{"source":"api","path":"about-claude\/models\/choosing-a-model","title":"choosing-a-model","documented":false},{"source":"api","path":"about-claude\/models\/migration-guide","title":"Or, for the model with the same capabilities and no access approval requirement:","documented":false},{"source":"api","path":"about-claude\/models\/optimizing-for-cost-and-intelligence","title":"optimizing-for-cost-and-intelligence","documented":false},{"source":"api","path":"about-claude\/pricing","title":"pricing","documented":false},{"source":"api","path":"about-claude\/use-case-guides\/content-moderation","title":"content-moderation","documented":false},{"source":"api","path":"about-claude\/use-case-guides\/customer-support-chat","title":"customer-support-chat","documented":false},{"source":"api","path":"about-claude\/use-case-guides\/legal-summarization","title":"legal-summarization","documented":false}],"docs_total":12,"gates":[],"related":[],"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/reference\/tool\/task","family_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/reference\/tool.json"}