{"version":"2.1.259","anchor":"settings-can-now-supply-a-default-model-ahead-of-anthropic","canonical_anchor":"settings-can-now-supply-a-default-model-ahead-of-anthropic","heading":"Settings can now supply a default model, ahead of ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_MODEL","tier":"use","area":"Models","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.259\/e\/settings-can-now-supply-a-default-model-ahead-of-anthropic","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.259","markdown":"### Settings can now supply a default model, ahead of ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_MODEL\n\nA model set in settings.json now takes precedence over the ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_MODEL environment variable at startup.\n\nStartup model resolution now checks for a settings-provided model before falling back to `ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_MODEL`. The resolution order is now CLI flag, then `ANTHROPIC_MODEL` env var, then the model from settings, then `ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_MODEL`, giving a `settings.json`-configured default precedence over the legacy env-var default.\n\n- Area: Models\n- Names: `ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_MODEL`, `ANTHROPIC_MODEL`\n- Tier: Use it now\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5"}