The Claude in Chrome installation flow is now an interactive step-by-step wizard inside the terminal, replacing the previous one-shot skill registration.
- When Claude needs browser tools and the extension isn't installed, a new "Claude wants to use your browser" upsell prompt appears with three options: install the extension, skip for now, or "Don't ask again."
- Choosing to install opens a "Setting up Claude in Chrome" dialog that follows the connection progress in real time — tracking "Install the extension" and "Connect to Chrome" as live steps with loading/success/error states.
- If setup stalls, the dialog shows: "Taking longer than expected. Check that the extension is added and that you're signed in to it in Chrome."
- On success: "Browser tools are ready. Continuing keeps them enabled for future sessions too — manage anytime with /chrome."
- Browser detection now covers seven Chromium-family browsers: Chrome, Brave, Arc, Edge, Chromium, Vivaldi, and Opera across macOS, Linux, and Windows.
- Auto-enable is gated by the
tengu_chrome_auto_enablefeature flag: when enabled, Claude activates browser tools automatically if the extension is already installed/paired. - The extension install page URL and
/chromemanagement command are unchanged.
Setup wizard UI (search for "Setting up Claude in Chrome"); upsell dialog (search for "Claude wants to use your browser"); browser path map (search for "BraveSoftware")
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.
tengu_chrome_auto_enable Off by default, switched on for this accountThe shipped code defaults this off, and the flag server returned on for the one account this site reads on this version. That is the reading that makes the entry above worth a second look, and it still says nothing about your account.
This account: on · anonymous baseline: off · compiled default in v2.1.206: off
These values were read against a different version of Claude Code, so treat them as the nearest reading available instead of one taken on this release.
Read once, for one account on one subscription tier, against v2.1.206. It isn't a statement about your account. What a flag value here can and cannot tell you
A reading is one sample. Claude Code evaluates its flags remotely, so no client sees the targeting rule behind a value and this says nothing about your account.
A reading is one sample. Claude Code evaluates its flags remotely, so no client sees the targeting rule behind a value and this says nothing about your account.