Enhanced Directory Permissions / Claude Code v1.0.18

New --add-dir flag - Add additional working directories for the current session

  claude "analyze this project" --add-dir /path/to/project --add-dir ../another/directory

Supports multiple directories
Can use relative or absolute paths
Validates that paths exist and are directories

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Anthropic's release notes agreeAdded --add-dir CLI argument for specifying additional working directories

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9 Jun 2025 · 12 entries, this one is #2.

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cli--add-dir
Add additional working directories for Claude to read and edit files. Grants file access; Claude Code doesn't discover most .claude/ configuration from these directories. Validates that each path exists as a directory. You can't add most network paths, such as \\server\share. To persist these directories across sessions, set permissions.additionalDirectories in settings

Anthropic's note

Upstream's own release notes for v1.0.18 name something this entry names, so the two are probably about the same change. Probably: the pairing is made on a shared name rather than on the words around it.

Added --add-dir CLI argument for specifying additional working directories

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