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Claude Code v2.1.219 ·

Opus 5 gets an extra system-prompt instruction restricting AgentTool, workflows and deep-research

On Opus 5, Claude is told not to spawn subagents, workflows or deep research unless you ask.

You'll notice Notable Improvements
JSON All of v2.1.219
You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
4Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
0Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
System PromptArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.219,
What probably matters to youSection of the release
What

Models carrying the opus-5 prompt bundle now receive a built-in instruction telling Claude not to spawn subagents or run workflows and deep-research unless the user asked for it.

Details
  • the tengu_heron_brook injection previously came only from client data or the remote flag string; it now falls back to a built-in two-line block
  • the fallback applies when the model carries the opus_5_prompt_bundle capability
  • killswitch is tengu_fennel_godwit
  • the applied event still fires as tengu_heron_brook_applied with fromClientData: !1 on this path
Evidence

Do not use workflows or deep-research unless the user requested it

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

Read from
Feature flag
tengu_heron_brook Not enough to say

Nothing here resolved what this flag was doing on this version, so nothing here should be read as on or off.

This account: no value returned · anonymous baseline: no value returned · compiled default in v2.1.219: not a boolean we can read

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.

tengu_fennel_godwit Off in both readings

The flag server returned off for the account this site reads and for the anonymous baseline. A reading of off cannot rule out a rollout these two readings sit outside of.

This account: off · anonymous baseline: off · compiled default in v2.1.219: not a boolean we can read

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 v2.1.219. It isn't a statement about your account. What a flag value here can and cannot tell you

What has happened since
Flag reading moved The flag server now returns off for tengu_fennel_godwit, read as this 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.
Flag reading moved The flag server now returns nothing at all, having stopped carrying it for tengu_fennel_godwit, read as this 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.

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How sure we are
One source agreesOne thing we can check says the same as this entry.
The name it cites is new in this buildNew in this build: tengu_fennel_godwit

See this entry in the whole of v2.1.219 →

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