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Diff panel prototyped as a plugin pane

The /diff panel is now prototyped internally as a plugin pane rather than built-in UI

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The /diff panel is now prototyped internally as a plugin pane rather than built-in UI

What

A new internal plugin now describes the /diff panel, the view showing changed files and their edited sections (hunks) beside the transcript, as a plugin-based pane that refreshes as Claude makes edits, rather than being wired in as fixed built-in UI.

Why

This is a structural change in how the /diff panel is implemented internally; it doesn't change what /diff shows you.

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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.

Confirmed since Anthropic's documentation has since written up /diff, on Commands. **Before you ship.** `/diff` shows what changed. `/code-review` checks the current diff for correctness bugs and can apply the findings with `--fix`; pass a PR number, such as `/code-review high 1234`, to review a pull request instead. `/r… commands see the edit
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The writer flagged doubtWhether the `tengu_quiet_dolphin` gate that guards this plugin form of the diff panel is enabled has not been read for this release.
Anthropic's documentation agreesAnthropic's documentation has since written up /diff, on Commands.

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