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Claude Code v2.1.257 ·

/btw command reworked to track conversation history and in-flight questions

/btw now remembers past exchanges and re-shows the previous answer instead of the usage hint when re-run.

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The /btw command now keeps a history of past exchanges (btwHistory) and detects when a question is still in flight. Re-invoking /btw without a new question shows the prior response, or a fallback notice, rather than repeating the Usage: /btw <your question> prompt. Usage is now tracked via a persisted btwUseCount counter.

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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 /btw, on Claude Code changelog. * Fixed `/btw` answers that contained made-up tool calls and output: the side question is now told not to write them, and any that appear are flagged as not executed changelog see the edit
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Anthropic's documentation agreesAnthropic's documentation has since written up /btw, on Claude Code changelog.
Anthropic's release notes agreeFixed ← doing nothing in the /btw panel inside a claude agents session: it now returns to the agents list (even mid-answer), and the panel…

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