{"version":"2.1.242","anchor":"new-list-apps-tool-for-picking-a-mac-app-to-request-access-t","canonical_anchor":"new-list-apps-tool-for-picking-a-mac-app-to-request-access-t","heading":"New list_apps tool for picking a Mac app to request access to","tier":"notice","area":"Computer Use","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.242\/e\/new-list-apps-tool-for-picking-a-mac-app-to-request-access-t","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.242","markdown":"### New `list_apps` tool for picking a Mac app to request access to\n\nClaude can list your installed and running Mac apps before asking to control one.\n\n**What**\n\nWhen Claude is driving individual Mac apps, it can now list installed and running applications to find the right identifier before asking for access. Parameters are `query`, `running_first` (default true), `limit` (default 25, maximum 200) and an opaque `cursor` for paging.\n\n**Details**\n\n- Declared as having no side effects and callable before any app has been granted.\n- Offered only when the host is app-scoped and the platform is macOS; on other platforms the call path answers `list_apps is not available on this platform.`\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`list_apps is not available on this platform.`\n\n- Area: Computer Use\n- Names: `list_apps`\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5"}