Browser screenshot and zoom actions gain a scale option to shrink image size and token cost
The screenshot and zoom actions in the Claude in Chrome browser tool now accept a scale parameter. Setting it to 0.5 returns a quarter-size image, which reduces the number of tokens the image consumes.
Smaller images cost fewer tokens, so this gives more control over that tradeoff, but it depends on the Claude in Chrome browser extension version installed: only versions that support scale will actually return a reduced image, while older extensions will keep returning the full-size image regardless of the setting.
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.
To change the first interval, set [`CLAUDE_CODE_GOAL_CHECKIN_MINUTES`](/docs/en/env-vars). Claude Code uses your value in place of the 30-minute interval and scales the later intervals with it. Set it to `0` to turn off check-ins and [auto…goal see the edit
Anthropic's documentation has since written up scale, on Keep Claude working toward a goal.