{"version":"2.1.221","anchor":"explore-plan-agents-no-longer-read-a-remote-gate","canonical_anchor":"explore-plan-agents-no-longer-read-a-remote-gate","heading":"Explore\/plan agents no longer read a remote gate","tier":"use","area":"Agents","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.221\/e\/explore-plan-agents-no-longer-read-a-remote-gate","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.221","markdown":"### Explore\/plan agents no longer read a remote gate\n\nExplore and plan agents are now always on unless you set the disable environment variable yourself.\n\n**What**\n\nThe flag controlling explore\/plan agents is computed purely from the environment.\n\n**Details**\n\n- v2.1.220 memoized `getFeatureValue_CACHED_MAY_BE_STALE(\"tengu_slate_ibis\", !0)` after checking the env opt-out; that call and the gate name are gone from the bundle.\n- Set `CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_EXPLORE_PLAN_AGENTS` to disable.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_EXPLORE_PLAN_AGENTS`\n\n- Flag `tengu_slate_ibis`: Gate removed from the code (read for one account on one subscription tier against v2.1.221; this account: on, anonymous baseline: on, compiled default: 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.\n- Area: Agents\n- Names: `CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_EXPLORE_PLAN_AGENTS`\n- Tier: Use it now\n- Useful: 4\/5\n- Signal: 0\/5"}