{"version":"2.1.228","anchor":"agent-list-explains-that-names-are-how-you-address-an-agent","canonical_anchor":"agent-list-explains-that-names-are-how-you-address-an-agent","heading":"Agent list explains that names are how you address an agent","tier":"notice","area":"Agents","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.228\/e\/agent-list-explains-that-names-are-how-you-address-an-agent","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.228","markdown":"### Agent list explains that names are how you address an agent\n\nClaude gets clearer guidance on addressing agents by exact name across sessions and machines.\n\n**What**\n\nThe description of the agent-listing tool was rewritten to spell out the four kinds of row it can return: subagents running inside this session, other sessions on this machine, cloud sessions, and Remote Control sessions on other machines. It states that a row's name is the address to send to, that it must be copied exactly, and that the short reference in brackets should only be added when two rows share a name.\n\n**Details**\n\n- Part of the text is filled in at runtime with the actual name of the send tool.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`each row labeled by kind. Names are the address`\n\n- Area: Agents\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5"}