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Claude Code v0.2.56

New Features

Enhanced Permission System

  • New granular permission rules: The permission system now supports more specific rule configurations with the ability to grant permissions for specific command patterns
  • Example: You can now allow bash commands that start with specific prefixes like npm: or git:
  • Rules can be configured through both CLI arguments and local settings

Supervisor Mode

  • Added a new "supervisorMode" setting to the configuration options
  • This appears to be a new operational mode for Claude Code (specific functionality details would need further investigation)

Environment Variable Overrides Display

  • The welcome screen now displays active environment variable overrides when present, including:
  • Custom API keys (shown as sk-ant-… with partial masking)
  • Prompt caching status (shows "off" when disabled via DISABLE_PROMPT_CACHING)
  • API timeout settings (from API_TIMEOUT_MS)
  • Maximum thinking tokens (from MAX_THINKING_TOKENS)
  • Custom API base URL (from ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL)

WebSearch Tool Enhancement

  • WebSearch tool now supports domain filtering:
  • allowed_domains: Restrict search results to specific domains
  • blocked_domains: Exclude results from specific domains
  • Example usage: Search only within documentation sites or exclude certain sources

Project-wide MCP Server Settings

  • New enableAllProjectMcpServers configuration option
  • Allows enabling all MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers for a project at once

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