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Claude Code v2.1.268 ·

Agent 'check output' guidance changed to 'send it a message'

Guidance for checking a background agent's output now says to send it a message instead

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KindImprovementsin v2.1.268,
You'll notice

Guidance for checking a background agent's output now says to send it a message instead

What

When a background agent (a task Claude Code has running in the background) is still in progress, the guidance text shown changed from "You can check its output using the [tool] tool" to "Send it a message with [tool] to retrieve its result."

Why

This changes how Claude is told to interact with a running background agent, framing it as sending a message rather than just checking output, which should make Claude use the tool the way it's actually meant to be used.

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