What
A new CLI flag that accepts a JSON object of policy-tier settings from a spawning parent process (SDK use only).
Usage
claude --managed-settings '{"key": "value"}'Details
- Only honored when spawned by an SDK parent process
- Ignored with a warning when passed outside SDK context:
"--managed-settings ignored: only honored when spawned by an SDK parent" - Invalid JSON produces:
"--managed-settings ignored: invalid JSON object" - Parsed settings are applied as
"Enterprise managed settings (parent process)"
Evidence
CLI flag definition (search for "--managed-settings") and validation messages (search for "--managed-settings ignored").
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.