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Claude Code v2.1.235

Bash output audience note, present but off by default

Not switched on
Useful3 Signal4
Bash Tool Notable not in their notes

Claude can be told you only see a few lines of command output, so it should repeat what matters.

A Bash output audience reminder is registered and injected after qualifying results, but nothing is added unless explicitly switched on.

CLAUDE_CODE_BASH_OUTPUT_AUDIENCE_NOTE
What

Claude Code can attach a reminder to Bash tool results telling the model that you only see a few lines of the command output in your terminal, so anything you need must be repeated in its reply. It is registered as its own reminder kind, bash_output_audience_note, injected as a system reminder after qualifying Bash results, and nothing is added unless it is explicitly switched on.

Details
  • The exact text is "Only you see that command's output — the user's terminal shows at most a few lines of it. If the user needs to read any of it, put it in your reply."
  • Only emitted for Bash-style tool results whose stdout is a string; other results are untouched.
  • The gate checks the environment variable CLAUDE_CODE_BASH_OUTPUT_AUDIENCE_NOTE first, then a model capability check, then a client-supplied data flag of the same name, bash_output_audience_note; with none of them set the helper returns false and no note is attached.
  • Run CLAUDE_CODE_BASH_OUTPUT_AUDIENCE_NOTE=1 claude to turn it on locally.
  • Because it sits in the reminder-accounting list with the existing reminder types, it draws on the same per-conversation reminder budget rather than being injected unconditionally.
Evidence

CLAUDE_CODE_BASH_OUTPUT_AUDIENCE_NOTE, Only you see that command's output \u2014 the user's terminal shows at most a few lines of it. If the user needs to read any of it, put it in your reply., bash_output_audience_note

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

Related

Other releases about the same thing. Found by shared names or similar wording; neither means one caused the other.

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