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Credential-helper scripts now receive a context environment variable

Credential helper scripts now get a context variable telling them why they're being called.

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Credential helper scripts now get a context variable telling them why they're being called.

Custom credential helper scripts now receive a CLAUDE_HELPER_CONTEXT environment variable, with values such as interactive, mid-session-refresh, background, scheduled-task, and setup-test. Helpers can use this to decide whether it's safe to prompt the user interactively.

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