What
The tool that sets a completion goal (a condition Claude works toward) now takes an ask_user boolean, default true. Set it false and no approval dialog appears; a visible notice is posted in the transcript instead, and you can undo the goal with /goal clear.
Details
- The goal
conditiontext is length-capped by the tool's schema. - The tool reports back both
conditionandaskUser.
Usage
/goal clearEvidence
the user can clear it with /goal clear
Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.
Names in the bundle/goal clearask_user
The entry above is what we published on the day. These lines were added later, as Anthropic's own pages caught up, and they sit beside the original rather than replacing it.
Confirmed since
Anthropic's documentation has since written up /goal clear, on Keep Claude working toward a goal.
| `/goal` | The previous turn finishes, or, in an interactive session, an [idle check-in](#background-work-defers-evaluation) or an [automatic retry](#other-errors-retry-or-pause-the-goal) comes due | A model confirms the condition is met …goal see the edit
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Anthropic's documentation has since written up /goal clear, on Keep Claude working toward a goal.