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Claude Code v2.1.236 ·

Edit tool now tells the model to read out-of-directory files first

Edits to files outside your working directory now fail unless the file was read earlier.

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You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
3Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
EditingArea: what it touches
New FeaturesKind: in v2.1.236,
New FeaturesSection of the release
What

One branch of the Edit tool description used to be empty. It now carries a bullet stating that a file outside the working directory must have been read earlier in the conversation or the edit call fails.

Details
  • The tool name is interpolated into the sentence, so the rule reads correctly for whichever edit tool is being described.
  • Applies whenever that description branch is taken.
Evidence

If the file is outside the working directory, you must

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

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