The pre-commit reminder suggesting /verify, /simplify, or code review no longer requires a top-level gate check to pass first. Previously the rendering function returned early unless a gate function returned true; now the suggestion runs whenever the other conditions are met, namely a truthy value and at least one of verify, simplify, or code review being applicable.
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.
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A small documentation edit on Week 21 · May 18–22, 2026 touched a line naming /simplify after this was published.
<div>New <a href="/docs/en/code-review"><code>/code-review</code></a> command reports correctness bugs at a chosen effort level such as <code>/code-review high</code>, and `--comment` posts findings as inline GitHub PR comments. <code>/sim…whats-new/2026-w21 see the edit
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Anthropic's documentation has since written up /verify, on Extend Claude with skills.
| `/verify` | Build and run your app to confirm a code change does what it should, without falling back to tests or type checks |skills see the edit
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Anthropic's documentation has since written up /simplify, on Commands.
| `/code-review [low\|medium\|high\|xhigh\|max\|ultra] [--fix] [--comment] [pr#\|branch\|path]` | **[Skill](/docs/en/skills#bundled-skills).** Review the current diff, or a PR number, branch, or path you pass, for correctness bugs. Dependi…commands see the edit
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Anthropic's documentation has since written up /simplify, on Commands.